Does Bush Deserve Credit for Ending the Iraq War?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Yes, and in time history will judge President Bush well.

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[Хahar 🤔]

Of course not. He created the entire mess for no reason.

Mmmmm. Of course the massive human rights violations, and Saddam's interest in procuring WMD'S had nothing to do with it. Or the country's covert support for Al Qaeda.

I wasn't aware the last one was a proven fact. The first two I think accounts for alot of countries, but oh right, Iraq was supposed to be an "example" for the rest of the Middle East. That worked out well, didn't it?

Yes well hopefully he had a lot more on his hit-list, starting with Syria and Iran.

Please use the quote function properly, don't make it appear as though I share your warmongering sentiments.

Oops. Are you the kind of person who wouldn't have supported war against Nazi Germany, as it constituted warmongering. Because believe me, I know left-libertarians who do.

That isn't worth a response. Comparing Nazi Germany to Hussein's Iraq in relation to the threat they posed to the US and the rest of the world is just beyond ridiculous.

Well you say that now, but did anyone think Germany would be a threat to the world in 1933.

...yes?

[Link]

Frodo, if a drunken friend of yours urinated all over your rug, then when he sobered up took it to the dry cleaners for you, would you say he deserved credit or blame?

This.  Except that rug has 4500 dead American troops under it and your friend sent you the $1+ Trillion cleaning bill.

Yes, it's not like everything Bush did was wrong but Jesus Christ!

[Vosem]

Nobody deserves credit for ending the war, which was a pretty big mistake, imo. If you view it as a positive move then Obama gets credit, totally.

I do give Bush credit for starting the war, though.

[Platypus]

Frodo, if a drunken friend of yours urinated all over your rug, then when he sobered up took it to the dry cleaners for you, would you say he deserved credit or blame?

Took it to the dry cleaners but charged it to your account.

[Frodo]

Frodo, if a drunken friend of yours urinated all over your rug, then when he sobered up took it to the dry cleaners for you, would you say he deserved credit or blame?

Both...this is not an either-or dichotomy.  It is the least he could do.  I am not seeing how this contradicts what I just said.  

[Spanish Moss]

Ending the war?  We still have 50,000+ troops there whom, though their mission title is different, are effectively still combat troops.  I'd say that war isn't really "over."

[courts]

Ending the war?  We still have 50,000+ troops there whom, though their mission title is different, are effectively still combat troops.  I'd say that war isn't really "over."

its in the interest of certain people to pretend that private mercenaries don't count.