Ten years after Iraq invasion, US troops ask: \'Was it worth it?\'

[Paul2]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/18/17326297-ten-years-after-iraq-invasion-us-troops-ask-was-it-worth-it?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=1

What\'s your thought?

[clips]

This is quite an easy one...of course it wasn\'t worth it. Bush was incredibly arrogant in those days with such statements as "bring it" or "we\'ll go it alone"...we don\'t need anybody else.(not to mention shorty after invading iraq and when s**t started hitting the fan, as in our soldiers being dragged thru the streets, is when he quietly went back to the u.n. and asked those countries he dissed earlier to help him, in which they basically told him to go f**k yourself)

The Bush Admin, and all of his croonies thought this thing would be quick and swift, (they initially stated it wouldn\'t be longer than 3-4 months)....but the u.s. wanted to pin and to display a show of force to the world and Bush choose iraq to do it.

As much as i wanted some type of revenge for 9/11, i felt the way he was going about this, just felt very uncharacteristic in how the u.s. handles these types of scenarios...they had nothing to do with 9/11 and we had sanctions with great britain that while not perfect, kept saddam in check. It felt like we were being a big bully towards this country.

As much of a monster saddam was, it soon became apparent in how crucial he was in keeping that country together...as soon as he was waxed the country fell into turmoil..suicide bombings, intense fighting...etc....none of that stuff was happening when saddam was in power.

Fast forward and the country has made barely any progress....it\'s still a war zone and those nuts in congress (mostly repubs) still felt we needed to stay there longer lol...we need to send their simple a$$es over there and see how long they\'d last...i completely agree with us going into aphghanastan tho...since the guy responsible for 9/11 was residing there.

[Titan]

This is quite an easy one...of course it wasn\'t worth it. Bush was incredibly arrogant in those days with such statements as "bring it" or "we\'ll go it alone"...we don\'t need anybody else.(not to mention shorty after invading iraq and when s**t started hitting the fan, as in our soldiers being dragged thru the streets, is when he quietly went back to the u.n. and asked those countries he dissed earlier to help him, in which they basically told him to go f**k yourself)

The Bush Admin, and all of his croonies thought this thing would be quick and swift, (they initially stated it wouldn\'t be longer than 3-4 months)....but the u.s. wanted to pin and to display a show of force to the world and Bush choose iraq to do it.

As much as i wanted some type of revenge for 9/11, i felt the way he was going about this, just felt very uncharacteristic in how the u.s. handles these types of scenarios...they had nothing to do with 9/11 and we had sanctions with great britain that while not perfect, kept saddam in check. It felt like we were being a big bully towards this country.

As much of a monster saddam was, it soon became apparent in how crucial he was in keeping that country together...as soon as he was waxed the country fell into turmoil..suicide bombings, intense fighting...etc....none of that stuff was happening when saddam was in power.

Fast forward and the country has made barely any progress....it\'s still a war zone and those nuts in congress (mostly repubs) still felt we needed to stay there longer lol...we need to send their simple a$$es over there and see how long they\'d last...i completely agree with us going into aphghanastan tho...since the guy responsible for 9/11 was residing there.

I remember I was all about going to Iraq. Then again, I was very young and naive and wanted revenge for 9/11. Bush played with those sentiments with Americans very well. He knew most Americans wanted action and all he had to do was link Saddam to it and he did so with faulty intelligence. As soon as he had the link, people like me were on board. It wasn\'t until we got in and it was too late that we realized "oh shit, Bush was full of it". I feel looking back that it was good we got rid of him. I don\'t feel a leader of a country should stay in power when he is killing, torturing and gassing his own people, but going to war to oust him was not the way. There are other ways to do that, like a CIA backed assassin

[GmanJoe]

We should have conquered it and kept it. Made a 51st state and control the Middle East as a vanguard for the Galactic Empire and our Sith Lord, Darth Obama.