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BUT, we can agree that the costs/benefits of invading Iraq demonstrate that it was no worth it. The costs were always going to be way more than what the US electorate was willing to spend.

As I have said previously, it would take a 20 to 30 year US military presence in Iraq to stabilize it. That is WAY more than what Bush and his planners calculated.

We can certainly agree on that. What frustrates me with W beyond everything else is people in his circle never considered planning past the war stage. And it directly led to what we are seeing now.

To me, the biggest foreign policy error we have made since Vietnam was the invasion of Iraq. It completely knocked the middle east off kilter and we will continue to pay for that in blood and treasure for years to come.

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Posted by Champagne

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Posted on 9/12/14 at 12:02 pm to asurob1

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To me, the biggest foreign policy error we have made since Vietnam was the invasion of Iraq.

You have set out a position that is essentially unassailable and irrefutable. I challenge anybody to make a case that makes you look silly by taking this position. I can't disagree.

That said, IMHO, both Vietnam and Iraq were/are winnable wars for the USA, but, the costs would outweigh the benefits, unless the USA would be willing to occupy those respective countries and help ourselves to the natural resources therein until the monetary costs of the war is paid in full, with interest AND monetary solatia/sympathy payments to the families of the US war dead.

The USA has always been unwilling to do that, even though IMHO it would not be immoral to do so.

This post was edited on 9/12/14 at 12:07 pm

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