In the end, kind of like Viet Nam. No good reason ** -- RoanokeHoo 08/31/2021 3:46PM
Operation Iraqi Liberation ** -- Hooooooooooooooo 08/31/2021 11:48AM
Same reason as the Iranian coup in 1953. Oil. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/31/2021 11:37AM
If you mean why did congress approve it it was because they were mislead -- 111Balz 08/31/2021 11:10AM
Every congressperson except Barbara Lee was craven or spineless. Lee was -- WaxHoo 08/31/2021 11:13AM
The infuriating argument at the time was that if you vote against the -- HoosWillWin 08/31/2021 11:46AM
Republicans are generally much better at messaging than Dems. They keep it -- Hooooooooooooooo 08/31/2021 11:51AM
She opposed the Afghan war. A majority of the Dem House turned -- Shenhoo 08/31/2021 11:14AM
Mushroom clouds. ** -- HoosWillWin 08/31/2021 10:33AM
Who cares if Blix couldn't find any evidence and wanted more time? ** -- HoosWillWin 08/31/2021 10:33AM
Like.... -- Casual Fan 08/31/2021 10:14AM
But they didn’t hit us ** -- WahooMatt05 08/31/2021 10:18AM
Actually, I'm... -- Casual Fan 08/31/2021 10:21AM
Remember a few months before the war, someone was commentating on on TV -- JohnHoo2 08/31/2021 10:28AM
Rumsfeld: "They're in Tikrit." -- Shenhoo 08/31/2021 10:34AM
Then read Cobra II by Michael Gordon. ** -- Lazarus 08/31/2021 09:44AM
Yep. Good book. ** -- HoosWillWin 08/31/2021 10:16AM
"our mission" in Afghanistan was what, and in your opinion, how.. -- GoochlandHoo 08/31/2021 09:43AM
Our mission to destroy Al-Qaeda and kill Bin Laden and leadership. -- hooshouse 08/31/2021 09:49AM
Yeah, I don't think any additional resources would have made a difference -- GoochlandHoo 08/31/2021 4:53PM
Iraq was a complete cluster but I’m not sure it changed -- Hoojack 08/31/2021 10:15AM
Two angles -- Zhoo 08/31/2021 09:41AM
I wonder how much the son talked to the father before the decision. Bush Sr -- JohnHoo2 08/31/2021 10:07AM
Exactly. Sr was way smarter than Jr. I also think there was a huge personal -- 81_Hokie 08/31/2021 10:59AM
I'm inclined to believe 1 and 2. Stupid as hell, because apparently they. -- GoochlandHoo 08/31/2021 09:45AM
Curious to really know why they wanted Saddam removed -- Zhoo 08/31/2021 09:49AM
Yeap, Bush 1 did it right. Set up a mission, gathered a ton of partners, -- GoochlandHoo 08/31/2021 09:58AM
The old man looks really wise in retro, for sure. To bad Reagan -- Shenhoo 08/31/2021 1:41PM
I'll take his deficit in the blink of an eye right now -- GoochlandHoo 08/31/2021 2:05PM
Also one of the few that accepts defeat and being wrong graciously ** -- Zhoo 08/31/2021 2:33PM
I can only think of one reason for going America into Iraq/Syria -- Zhoo 08/31/2021 10:17AM
Ask Sleepy Joe, he voted for it. Hillary and Jean Kerri also. ** -- JMHoo 08/31/2021 09:33AM
Yes, those aye votes were craven. They knew better. It’s why I abstained -- WaxHoo 08/31/2021 10:43AM
Me too. I voted for Biden in 2020 because I view MAGA as -- Shenhoo 08/31/2021 10:47AM
I’d rather ask Mitch McConnell, another yes vote. ** -- SixerHoo 08/31/2021 10:21AM
They were dead wrong and dumb to believe Bush/Cheney. -- Shenhoo 08/31/2021 09:45AM
They didn’t believe Bush. They made craven political calculations ** -- WaxHoo 08/31/2021 10:46AM
Oh. Well, using that logic, we’ll certainly hear no more Trumpie complaints -- hoolstoptheheels 08/31/2021 09:42AM
And they voted wrong. It was a big reason why I didn't vote for Hillary ** -- JohnHoo2 08/31/2021 09:39AM
People forget they were misled by Bush’s intelligence apparatus. -- hooshouse 08/31/2021 09:44AM
Hillary was not misled ** -- WaxHoo 08/31/2021 10:48AM
All the Dem senators with presidential ambition voted yes. Hillary did a -- JohnHoo2 08/31/2021 11:47AM
Yes, and she knew damned well, as did anyone with an IQ greater than -- WaxHoo 08/31/2021 11:52AM
The imminent threat angle was pushed repeatedly by the hawks. -- Shenhoo 08/31/2021 09:47AM
That’s such a bullshit response. ** -- hooshouse 08/31/2021 09:35AM
They don't like to talk about that ** -- HokieDan95 08/31/2021 09:34AM
I have, from the git, shitbag. While you never will question dear leader** -- WaxHoo 08/31/2021 10:49AM
Unlike you, some people question leaders that they support -- FTJ Mackey 08/31/2021 09:48AM
You dipshits rage about every R as if they are the next coming of Hitler -- HokieDan95 08/31/2021 10:20AM
HokieDipshit95 is so angry today! Calm down, sweetheart. ** -- FTJ Mackey 08/31/2021 5:05PM
^^^ monumental absence of self awareness ** -- WaxHoo 08/31/2021 10:51AM
Lol NOW you came about America’s standing in the world -- DownTownHoo 08/31/2021 10:25AM
One would need to reread the op eds from that bastion of moral -- Shenhoo 08/31/2021 09:28AM
TheDICK, Rummy & their NeoCon buddies were determined to, found their -- WaxHoo 08/31/2021 09:19AM
And, the neocons had just created a new "think" tank, PNAC 4 years prior to -- Hooooooooooooooo 08/31/2021 12:12PM