'Huge Error': Former US Military Chief Admits Iraq Invasion Spawned ISIS

[Triana]

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We were too dumb. We didn't understand who we had there at that moment.

[....] First we went to Afghanistan, where al-Qaida was based. Then we went into Iraq. Instead of asking ourselves why the phenomenon of terror occurred, we were looking for locations. This is a major lesson we must learn in order not to make the same mistakes again.

Asked whether he regretted the Iraq War, Flynn responded simply, "Yes, absolutely."

"It was a huge error," Flynn said. "As brutal as Saddam Hussein was, it was a mistake to just eliminate him. The same is true for Moammar Gadhafi and for Libya, which is now a failed state. The historic lesson is that it was a strategic failure to go into Iraq. History will not be and should not be kind with that decision."

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THE REST:

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/11/30/huge-error-former-us-military-chief-admits-iraq-invasion-spawned-isis

[randys1]

1. Great analysis but it assumes the Bushies cared about doing the right thing.

They didnt and still dont.

GOP does nothing unless they profit from it.

[Octafish]

2. OOPS!

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Said this before,

when the Powers that be,realize they have lost control of something,and the killing of the Innocent is threatening their control. They will try something different and hope for a different result.

[Triana]

4. ISIS video claims beheading of Russian spy, threatens Russian people

(CNN)ISIS released video Wednesday showing the beheading of a man it claims joined the terrorist group but was in fact a Russian spy, as well as a message chastising Russian President Vladimir Putin and threatening his country's citizens.

As the captive kneels before him in an orange jumpsuit, his killer says in Russian that the airstrikes ordered by Putin against the Islamist extremist group has "made us understand that we are doing right thing" by continuing their fight.

He then addresses the Russian people, saying, "You will not find peace in your homes. We will kill your sons ... for each son you killed here. And we will destroy your homes for each home you destroyed here."

THE REST:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/middleeast/isis-russian-beheading-claim/index.html?sr=twCNN120215http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/middleeast/isis-russian-beheading-claim/index.html0701PMVODtopLink&linkId=19246817

[Faux pas]

5. A lot of

us knew it at the time, but, they didn't ask us.

[Doctor_J]

6. One man's error is another man's windfall

Cheney and Halliburton and Erik Prince and their cabal don't see it as an error I'm sure.

[Scuba]

7. 9/11 should have been treated like the criminal act it was. I knew that then.

Millions of others knew that the Iraq War was an enormous mistake before it happened!


Anyone who didn't know it was a fool.

Anyone who did know it and supported it anyway was complicit and should disqualified from holding public office.