The main premise for the war was that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and that these were at risk of falling into the hands of terrorists. In the end, however, there were no such weapons, and Saddam’s links to al Qaeda were unproven. This robbed the invasion of legitimacy.Someone should tell Gen. Paul Mirengoff...
The insurgency that ensued after initial combat operation robbed the invasion of success. Today, the United States has less influence in Baghdad than Iran does.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
RAND CORPORATION ON THE IRAQ WAR
Raw Story published an excerpt from a Rand study on war (PDF, Google Drive) that dealt with Iraq and I think this is the most important part:
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Read the comments Obama made to US troops circa 2012 as he thanked them for making Iraq a stable democracy and tell me if you don't believe he legitimized the war, well, at least as much as they made Iraq a stable democracy.
Meanwhile
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/12/26/us-airstrike-kills-five-afghan-civilians-wounds-six/
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