America made a catastrophic mistake with the Iraq war. Is it about to repeat it in Iran?
America made a catastrophic mistake with the Iraq war. Is it about to repeat it in Iran? | Stephen Werthheim
Already did.
Imagine how stupid Bush Jr was and then imagine how Trump compares to him.
Mistake? Noooo...
GWB's and Cheney's military contractor buddies got fat off that 20 year quagmire. I'm sure trump and hegseth are on their payroll.
Lmao it was not a mistake, it was a calculated strategic move that enriched the defense industry and a few at the top
This time, it'll be an even stupider, more murderous mistake.
¡Fool me once.... Can't get fooled again!
Well lets see. Dough brain trump is in charge, his defense secretary can't use a messaging app and virtually everyone else in his administration is probably licking a window somewhere. Yes I think it will be a mistake
Yes.
With gusto.
Tinfoil hat on, we get into war with Iran and all the soldiers that weren't previously vetted as loyalists go to die first.
The ol' Operation: Get Behind The Darkies IRL!
Don't give them ideas! Brown people are suddenly "deported" to Iran.
So like everyone
But but but - I thought it was MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?!
the guy got his picture in a flight suit and everything!
"freedom is on the march"
And Americans ate it up like the crummy greasy fast food most of them live on.
Good comparison with fast food, plenty of folks consume propaganda for similar reasons. Just as there are food deserts there are also information deserts.
Mistake: Yes.
Help out Ukraine unintentionally: also yes.
If the US attacks Iran, there goes Russias Shahed drone supplier.
That's why Tucker and Bannon are all up in arms about attacking Iran. That hurts Mother Russia
So is that the same reason agent Krasnov was so hesitant?
Yep. Puddin' Head forgot part of his marching orders.
Also the end of iran is the end of palestine and israel having finally complete free reign on the whole land they claim to be given by them from god
Betteridge's law not doing so well these days.
We don't call them The United Mistakes of America for nothing.
This is going to be the breaking point if we actually put boots on the ground in Iran and don't just engage in drone terrorism and bombing runs. More military action in the middle east is a ubiquitously unpopular platform, and wars that are perceived as pointless have almost always been devastating to ruling party / presidential support. Further, the US military has been struggling to hit its recruitment numbers for years now, and this isn't going to help that. It also stretches the government's attention even further, and makes it more vulnerable to dissident activity at home.
It's probably seen as a great success to the groups that profited from it. Same as trickle down economics, and every evil industrial complex.
Looks like it, yeah.
it seems like please since Republicans are all morons
I've seen people here supporting a war on Iran because of WMDs and women's rights. The brain rot extends way beyond the Republican party; there's a reason DNC Zionists haven't come out against this.
I supported a war in Iraq because of WMDs and women's rights. I was also 12 at the time and gullible enough to believe Iraq actually did have WMDs.
Now that I'm older and less gullible, the sense of deja vu is nauseating.
Well I'm not a fan of Iran myself, but talking about nukes and mob deployments is incredibly scary and dangerous stuff, and likely overkill considering not long ago there was a nuclear agreement and what not. This all seems to me like is Israel who is the problem more than Iran. But I also think the 'DNC Zionist' shit is a bit overblown as well.
The only thing the DNC actually believes is "Israel has always right to defend itself"
For the past two months, Iran had been in diplomatic negotiations with the Trump administration, and both sides appeared to be getting closer to a deal that would drastically curtail Tehran’s enrichment of uranium and prevent any path to the bomb.
Then Israel attacked. It acted less to pre-empt an Iranian bomb than to preempt American diplomacy.
I agree Iraq was a mistake, but I believe Iraq was a mistake based on intelligence failure - which UK, Australia, Japan, and others agreed to participate. That failure took two years to complete and the Us gave Iraq tome to cooperate with UN weapons inspection teams. Yes, a mistake - but a mistake that the US did not do unilaterally.
Trump isn’t going to garner support from other countries, wait for the UN, or examine Tulsi G’s info on Iran nukes - he just wants to swing his military like a giant penis.
Iraq wasn't an "intelligence failure". There was tampered "evidence", singular sources blown out of proportion instead of their veracity challenged and wild computer animations to drive the point home with the public.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_Iraqi_mobile_weapons_laboratories
They knew they were lying, just that today it is even more brazen. The US needed to produce images of "strength" after 9/11 so it was clear they will invade someone. They didn't invade their allies in Saudi Arabia despite most of the perpetrators being Saudi nationals. It was clear to seasoned politicians that this is a sham aimed at producing the right images and seize the opportunity to reshape the region.
Buddy... The whole world minus cuck UK were telling us the whole WMDS thing was bullshit.
The Bush administration manufactured evidence and send Powell to the UN to lie.
I agree Iraq was a mistake, but I believe Iraq was a mistake based on intelligence failure
If it was just an intelligence failure half the country wouldn't be railing against it. Iraq was also justified by lies, just slightly better packaged lies.
First time it was a mistake then a strategy from the united snake