
Originally Posted by
The_Lurker
I voted for the man twice, and the cold hard facts are that he invaded a country lead by a man that we help install in power. Hundred of thousands of people died. and all of it for nothing.
The man is a war criminal, and the invasion and occupation of Iraq made us more enemies and will cause us grief for decades to come.
If you feel this way, why did you vote for him twice?
There was already plenty of criticism of the Iraq War by the time the November 2004 election rolled around.
Regardless of what you think of Bush and the war, there is no denying that Saddam was unpredictable/unstable, pursuing weapons of mass destruction, and attempting to dominate/conquer the region. The decade-plus leading up to the war proved that time and time again. Remember, the first Gulf War was because he invaded Kuwait just because he felt like it.
So you can argue that perhaps we should have just stayed out of it, or that the money/human toll wasn't worth what we could gain, but you can't really argue that Saddam was doing just fine and we attacked him for no reason.