Do you think the 2003 Iraq war was a success or failure?

[Anonymous]

Do you think the 2003 George Bush Iraq war ended up being a big success or a failure?

Yes it was a big success

No it was a failure

Other/not sure/ dont know/ a bit of both

[BeMuse]

The war objectives were flawed from the beginning. I didn’t support the invasion at the time. That said, as a military operation the USA dominated without question. They did their job efficiently and sucessfully. As far as the end results, well if you buy into the war objectives of insuring the removal of WMDs from Saddam Hussein possession, then that’s completed. Saddam is long dead so nothing is in his hands. If you believe in the later narrative of bringing democracy to the Middle East, then the diplomatic (not military) objective is not complete being that Iraq technically doesn’t have a government. They still have the Iraqi Interim Government (IG) that was appointed back in 2004. Thus no democracy or republic has been established… So we went from no fly zone and sanctions on a dictator started during the Gulf War by George H. W. Bush to an occupied Iraq with a puppet government technically. It’s not even formally a vassal state… That’s obviously by design of the globalists. They want to destabilize the entire region. Bush/Clinton/Obama/Biden are all in on it together with others. It’s their long term plan… Personally, I didn’t want us involved in the first place. I voted against every single president that line up... That said I am glad Saddam is gone. He was brutally oppressive towards the people of Iraq. The lingering no fly zone from 1990 was also a long term issue that was never resolved. However, the globalist plans to destabilize the entire region, their support of ISIS, ISIL, Islamic Brotherhood, etc. and plans to topple other governments in the region isn’t something I will ever get behind and support. I liked what Trump is working toward in the Middle East. Hopefully we will see more peace brokering, less military action, and more business negotiation.

[BeMuse]

*successfully

[BeMuse]

*in that line up

[BeMuse]

*like

[Anonymous]

Well, Bill Clinton started that shit in Desert Storm while face fucking Monica Lewinsky.
Democrats start lots of wars trying to police the world on their high horses.
I say that as an Independent.

[Anonymous]

Absolute failure. It did ruin the country. And destabilized the region.

[TOTEMPLASTER]

We had no business invading a country that did us no harm: it was done at the behest of AIPAC and Israel.
They have always arranged for US soldiers to die fighting their wars and enemies.

[Anonymous]

The Iraq war that all of the establishment politicians were for, including Hillary and John Kerry, was a huge waste. Both Republicans and Democrats were all for the war, because that's what the establishment wants. I'm sure Joe will get us into our next war, because the biggest puppet we've had in a long time.
Trump said way back then that it was wrong to go to war, but no one listened to him.

[andreasderjuengere]

It has lead to strengthening Iran - and so produced other complications coming up.
Also Israel still feels encouraged to speak up too loud for such a tiny country.

[jshm2]

You're aware it's still going, and that it's America's longest and most expensive war, right?

[Asker]

When did I say it wasn't

[EssenceOfLight]

I was a part of asymmetric conflict training with replacement of former regime. I think both goals have been reached. Stabilization and peace wasn't the goal at all.

[NathanDavis]

You wanted the oil, you got the oil. Mission accomplished.

[OddBeMe]

Ironically we could have kept the 4 trillion and Iraq would be in the same place it is now. Arab spring would have toppled Saddam, ISIS would have popped up and Iran’s troops would invade.

[kingofthellamas]

That's actually true of most American meddling inst it? Vietnam, fail, Korea, fail, Russia, fail. Its rather sad really.

[OddBeMe]

@kingofthellamas Well... yeah. In Korea we prob saved South Korea. Iffy but arguable. Not sure what “Russia” war you’re thinking of...

[kingofthellamas]

I'm referring to the cold war.

[OddBeMe]

@kingofthellamas I’d say the Cold War includes Vietnam like it does the Afghan War for Soviets.

[kingofthellamas]

My thinking would be that if there was a classical war (boots on the ground) that would exclude from being defined as cold. I'm mean it does not get much hotter than that.

[OddBeMe]

@kingofthellamas Historians view the Cold War as overarching diplomatic relations with the Soviets. Vietnam and Afghanistan was a proxy war between us.

[kingofthellamas]

I'm guessing that is the view of historians in the US then. Either way, the point about US failing in the war is still valid. In the end communism fell in Russia because of the actions of the Russian people being inspired by similar actions in Poland and Hungry.

[OddBeMe]

@kingofthellamas ehh... yeah. I’ll go with that. Gorbachev Was a good guy who brought perestroika and all that.

[NorthwestRider]

A big fat failure. Without it, ISIS would never form and plus we wasted soo much money on it than spending the money on Americans

[Anonymous]

Did you make money out of it, and did you secure the oil you needed?

[Asker]

Nope

[ThatsGrossILoveIt]

Was a win win for America, war as a whole is important for our economy with oil being a big influence in going there

[Asker]

Your country is messed up

[ThatsGrossILoveIt]

Agreed

[Still-alive]

Horayyy for death and mass destruction!

[TwoToTooTutu2]

Went in for Sadam and got him. Success I guess.

[Asker]

Billions of dollars abd thousands of deaths for that?

[TwoToTooTutu2]

Yeah, that's how war works.

[Shihab-91]

*grab popcorn*