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http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0810-bacevich-iraq-airstrikes-policy-20140810-story.html
Remember WMD's!! Those were blatant lies.
The events of September 2001 inspired President George. W. Bush to
make Iraq the centerpiece of his campaign to transform the Greater
Middle East. Promising to liberate and democratize Iraq, Bush instead
broke it.
Although
Barack Obama's vow to extricate the United States from his
predecessor's misbegotten war vaulted him into the White House, events
have stymied his hopes of making a clean break. A weak Iraq state and
ineffective military forces — created at considerable expense during the
several years of American occupation — have proved unable to cope with
resurgent violence.
To
imagine at this late date that the United States possesses the capacity
to reverse this sad situation is surely a delusion. So even if an
infusion of American air power succeeds in saving the lives of those at
immediate risk, Iraq will remain a basket case. Riding to the temporary
rescue of Kurds, Yazidis or persecuted Iraqi Christians may salve
American consciences, but it won't redeem a bipartisan record of failure
that now extends over several decades. That failure is definitive and
indelible.
**If we insist on MORE AND MORE WARS, then we need to come up with a dedicated WAR TAX to pay for our adventurism. Quit sinking our economy for making stupid wars folks.
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