are you saying america is about to invade Iran, then three months later declare “mission accomplished”, then have a military presence there for 20 years while they set up a new government which is just as corrupt as the previous one?
I think that’s being optimistic, after Iraq no one is going to trust the US enough to not instantly screw over the opposition just as hard as the government they’re over throwing.
The only reason Bush had the opportunity to declare mission accomplished is because the majority of the Iraqi military gave up before/during the invasion because we cut deals with the Baathist, and then immediately turned on them.
When Bremer made being part of the Baathist party illegal, he basically outlawed anyone with a college degree in the country from joining the new government, and instantly turned the people who betrayed sadam in Iraqi army into a militant.
Tbf, I don’t know if Bush knew about the eventual consequences of the action before hand. Not that it absolves him of any responsibility. However, I think that was near the time where he was just hanging at Camp David for weeks on end and letting Cheney and Rumsfeld run the show.
But yeah, the Bush administration appointed Bremer to the CPA specifically to disband the Baathist party and the Iraqi military.
When did it become 2003 again? And why is it one letter off from the way I remember it?
are you saying america is about to invade Iran, then three months later declare “mission accomplished”, then have a military presence there for 20 years while they set up a new government which is just as corrupt as the previous one?
I think that’s being optimistic, after Iraq no one is going to trust the US enough to not instantly screw over the opposition just as hard as the government they’re over throwing.
The only reason Bush had the opportunity to declare mission accomplished is because the majority of the Iraqi military gave up before/during the invasion because we cut deals with the Baathist, and then immediately turned on them.
When Bremer made being part of the Baathist party illegal, he basically outlawed anyone with a college degree in the country from joining the new government, and instantly turned the people who betrayed sadam in Iraqi army into a militant.
You say that like Bremer and Bush didn’t know that’s exactly what would happen.
Shit I’m still bitter about that decision 21 years later.
Tbf, I don’t know if Bush knew about the eventual consequences of the action before hand. Not that it absolves him of any responsibility. However, I think that was near the time where he was just hanging at Camp David for weeks on end and letting Cheney and Rumsfeld run the show.
But yeah, the Bush administration appointed Bremer to the CPA specifically to disband the Baathist party and the Iraqi military.
I’m saying ‘Ira[x] bought a bunch of uranium from Niger’ sounds awfully familiar.
Irax sounds like a scifi writer really should try harder with the real world parallels
Iraxis
Yeah, but how are they fixed for aluminum tubes?
Maybe they could just not arm IS this time
They’ll just train and arm an entirely different group of right-wing fundamentalists.