OT: End of war in Iraq

[Nowhere Man 1966]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

The biggest mistake we made in the Iraq War was starting it in the first place.

I supported it at first, but looking back in retrospect, it was a mistake. As bad as Saddam was, he would have been a lot better than what could happen now, at least he was a check again Iran, now it seems we have a vacuum. Nature abhores vacuums, something will move in and it is most likely Iran. It is a noble thing to bring a represenative form of government over there, but unless we assume almost dictatorial powers for a while like we did with Japan and Germany to re-engineer them, it is a lost cause. It is a different world over there, they do not know our values nor do they care or understand them. Most likely the people would vote themselves an Islamic dictatorship and things go downhill. I think we broke it over there and it is a choice between a rock and a hard place and if we want to keep Iran out, we should have stayed over there. Maybe WOPR from War Games is right, the winning move is not to play.