Because the war had spilled over into those other countries. Libya, Syria, etc. If terrorists were gaining ground, we helped those countries fight them so they didn't turn into another Iraq.He voted present.
BTW, the ONLY reason why US combat forces left Iraq, was because the Iraqi government voted for them to leave.
But that didn't stop him from continuing the other wars and getting us into new ones.
We can arm chair QB all day. Carter helped Afganistan when Russia invaded. Reagan turned his back on Afganistan. Watch Charlie Wilson's War. Pretty good movie. Anyways, that led to Osama and let's not forget, he attacked on Bush's watch. Bush could have killed him when he had him surrounded in the Tora Bora mountains but he wanted to keep the boogie man alive. Either that or the Bin Ladin's are business associates of the Bush's. We know Republicans defend the murderous evil Saudi Family even when they get caught red handed.
Long story short, Bush could have won in Afganistan if he didn't spread us so thin by starting a 2nd war.
And don't forget, the people you side with today LOVED Bush. They defended his every move. Today they all seem to admit that he sucked. A little late huh?
There will be no World War III starting with Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declared Thursday, and rejected concerns that a war would be a quagmire.
"The idea that it's going to be a long, long, long battle of some kind I think is belied by the fact of what happened in 1990," he said on an Infinity Radio call-in program.
He said the U.S. military is stronger than it was during the Persian Gulf War, while Iraq's armed forces are weaker.
"Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that," he said.