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Originally Posted by DirtyDanza
how was invading iraq a mistake? we got saddam and took him out...
sounds to me like job well done
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And exactly what have we gotten in return for it?
Are we safer? No. Saddam was never going to attack us and now we know he never had WMDs or any kind of reasonable military.
Do we have access to all the oil that is there? No. Supposedly this oil was going to pay for the reconstruction of the country, but last I checked we are playing for the reconstruction of the country.
Did we eliminate terrorism? No. Sure we killed some terrorists that came into the country to fight us, but I think for every 1 we killed our invasion and occupation of that country created 10.
So we are out trillions. We have lost around 6,000 soldiers with many more than that permanently disabled. The estimates are that between 100K and 300K civilians in Iraq have been killed. Sure we got Saddam, but was it really worth it and what have we gained from it?