^I think it was just Cheney, playing Bush like a fool, while Cheney made millions. He made money destroying Iraq, and made more money, by rebuilding some of it.
I used to hate Bush. But. After he was POTUS, I saw that he felt used by Cheney, and he was. It wasn’t his fault that he was gullible, and should never had been POTUS, in the first place…
Bush, was a classic example of failing upwards.
He was,IMO, the main reason for the Taliban, and other groups forming.
I know a lot people who were involved in both wars. Ex-military, and otherwise.
Their opinions are that the ME, is a culture that westerners, don’t understand. Lots of differences between their culture, and ours. Attempting to force our thinking, like democracy, will never work.
Essentially, we killed a lot of people, for nothing more than making them hate America.
My father, served two tours in Vietnam. The main thing he took from it, is it’s a different culture. Invading a country, and killing lots of people, including civilians, doesn’t help anything.
It just seems to hurt both sides.
If anything, it seems to strengthen the resolve of the “bad guys.”
It seems, to me, that it’s best to stay out of the scenario.
Nobody elected the US, to be the world’s police…
Most of the US’s military actions seem to be met by resentment…