Originally Posted by
dave22
MWDs: EVERYONE thought they existed. It wasn't like W was alone. On top of that Saddam wasn't cooperating. So we went in and fucked them up. And no WMDs. Oops. Now what?
Put yourself in the position of the decision-makers. You can leave Iraq, a country that could easily breed terror, in shambles and head home or you can help rebuild and gain a very important ally. What do you do?
And the oil argument is laughable. Oil is the word thrown around by people who get their political views from coloring books and cereal boxes.
I completely agree to leave a country like that in shambles would be political soicide
You on this subject have no clue. The unit I was attached to and our duties I can't really explain but our first mission was to secure Ramla oil fields,not a mission we even fathemed theres a lot that happened over there that you dont know about. I will not speak on it over the web. I can say this.... we allowed the ministry of education and religious buildings with priceless artifacts, schools, hospitals..etc get looted and burned to the ground... But the oil fields were safe.