I get your point about the truest way to measure something as a failure, but if the administration had acted competently, wouldn’t there have been a reduction of "broken lives"? And there were already many deaths attributed to Saddam’s regime. Looking at the information now, it was not a good idea to invade Iraq. I think Bush still thinks it was because he believes it made the Middle East the stage for battle against America. It kept our "enemy" from fighting us on our homeland, so to speak. I’m not saying I agree with this logic, but I think that’s a big part of Bush’s plan.
grant
Apr 03 2008
03:27 pm
I get your point about the truest way to measure something as a failure, but if the administration had acted competently, wouldn’t there have been a reduction of "broken lives"? And there were already many deaths attributed to Saddam’s regime. Looking at the information now, it was not a good idea to invade Iraq. I think Bush still thinks it was because he believes it made the Middle East the stage for battle against America. It kept our "enemy" from fighting us on our homeland, so to speak. I’m not saying I agree with this logic, but I think that’s a big part of Bush’s plan.