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Originally Posted by steveyoung
What should we have done after discovering there were no WMDs? Just said, “Opps, we’re sorry. Here’s your country back without its infrastructure, leader, or military. Have a nice day?” What do you think would have happened to it then? But we are there now trying to rebuild it and fighting Al Quaeda, not Iraq. What is your solution?
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Well, a public apology would definitely have been a good start.
How about not dismissing the army, police, etc that wanted to work just because they were members of a party they had to join to advance their career. But no, they ignored advice from many experts and made many armed men into enemies by denying them jobs.
How about giving the reconstruction work to Iraqi companies? Putting the money into their economy rather than it being syphoned off to fatcat shareholders in the west.
You don't seriously believe that it was about WMDs do you? Or how about the not preparing for the aftermath and occupation? Ignoring all the advice again was another "mistake"? The war-mongers aren't stupid, I'm sure this is going according to plan, might be taking longer to destabilise other countries than they would have liked, but if they keep at it it'll happen sooner or later.
The solution? Well, it's long and complicated, but has to start by replacing US forces with a UN peace keeping force, drawing heavily on surrounding states including Saudi Arabia and Iran.