Quote from ARealGannTrader:
The reality is that the threat sounded credible enough for Congress and the UN to go along with it, there were other troops there with us. W admitted that he got bad intel. Did he over-react, probably. But he won, the people put him in twice. The second time he kicked Kerry's arse.
So, where did we really go wrong, were we doomed to be in this mess?
Is Bin Laden actually the one to say, Mission Accomplished?
Thoughts?
Quote from dsq:
W didnt get bad intel,he exploited it as a means to jsutify his unjustified and deluded invasion plans.Anybody who beleiveds the yellow cake from niger story is an idiot.Plenty of intel people warned bush that it was a bogus story and not to use it in his 2003 state of the union speech or whenever he bs'd the congress before the invasion.
Plenty of people dissented but they were deemed traitors.Europe was named 'old europe'.Hans blix was pilloried.Then you had the axis of evil name calling.The stupid 'your with us or against us' garbage.There was no evidence to support an invasion.
Its amazing that on sept 12 the world was sympathetic and W and his cronies made sure all good sentiment was turned away in a couple of months by insulting many nations.He acted like an immature brat.Heck,on sept 12 there was a memorial set up for 9 11 victims in Tehran.W destroyed s much good will around the world in so little time.What a tool.And yes he finished what osama started and couldnt have dreamed of w being duped into wars that bankrupted this country and economy.
The same people responsible for this country's troubles are the same people who are now screaming about how obama is to blame.Total idiots.
People sort of woke up and said this gop platform is a proven failure-adios.It sure was.