Knowing everything you do now, would you support an invasion of Iraq?

[exopolitician]

No.

[??????????]

I could listen to an argument in favor. The grand strategy wasn't really that flawed; an even vaguely democratic Iraq allied with the United States is a massive advantage for us in the region and the plan to acquire such an ally was solid. The way the plan was implemented was atrocious however. With a better first six months, we could've been at the point we are now five years ago.

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy and War is a matter of expedients." -Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

[minionofmidas]

Worst of all, those who opposed it were called unpatriotic... that f**king "have you forgotten" song.

Yeah, but that was the genius of it. They show images of September 11th, then say we're doing this because of that, and anyone who does things like that is an unpatriotic terrorist lover.