I opposed the Iraq War and I opposed it because I looked long and hard at the situation as it was developing, considered the strategic and foreign policy issues, the history of the region, the prevailing social and cultural conditions in the region, the apparent motives of the various parties and range of other rational factors and reached the conclusion that the most likely, if not, certain outcome of an invasion would be a complete clusterfuck in which there would be very few ‘winners’ and a whole shitload of ‘losers’, the vast majority of which would be ordinary Iraqis who desired nothing more than the basics of safety, a roof over their heads, food in their bellies and sufficient personal liberty to allow them to get on with their lives in relative peace and quiet.
Ditto.
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I entirely agree - and also because the ‘losers’ would include the invaders as well as the invaded.
Yep sounds about right to me tyger. I thought it would be a balls up. I wish I had been proven wrong
I opposed the war because it was moral insanity. Period.
The morally insane, in this case, don’t give a “clusterfuck” about anybody except themselves (a very small minority)…but they do give a “clusterfuck” about undiluted power, control…and oil.
All,
Ditto etc.
Richard,
A telling letter writer in Time recently wrote (and I paraphrase to the best of my ability): “I read in Time recently that Peak Oil had been reached and that oil will probably be $100 per barrel for the foreseeable future. That alone seems reason enough not to pull out of Iraq any time soon.”
Clearly it’s actually American oil, which just happens to be under Iraq. Hmm.
Jams,
Me too - I wish it had been an unmitigated success. Humble pie etc.