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32. Once Bush got us into Iraq, there was nothing any other presient after that could do.

Fri May 22, 2015, 10:50 AM

May 2015

Bush not only got us into Iraq but he appointed incompetent friends of his ideology to make a mess of the place. Remember. It was to be a proof of free enterprise and the miracles that ideology could work. Well, it didn't ''work." It failed. Bush failed. Iraq failed.

By the time Obama came into the White House, the Iraq experiment had been failing for nearly 6 years -- 2003 to 2009 -- almost 6 years.

Bush made a mess of our economy, of our foreign relations, of everything. He is and was a loser. His brother should drop out of the race because the terrible mistakes of his brother will haunt his campaign. This is just the beginning.

The Iraq War was only good for a few oil companies who got to take over the contracts for the oil. For the rest of the world and for the Iraqis it was a horrible mistake.

And ISIS is the proof. They are apparently worse than Al Qaeda.

Don't blame Obama. Bush threw the dice and lost.

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U.S. to deliver 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Iraq, Pentagon says [View all] Bosonic May 2015 OP

Great; we paid for the tanks that have fallen into ISIS hands William Seger May 2015 #1

These are to stop suicide car-bombs, if I'm not mistaken, but there might be a tank or two too. nt bemildred May 2015 #4

Tanks, trucks, IED proof transports, and more ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #8

You think this is different than Mosul? bemildred May 2015 #9

Saddams army is daesh now. AngryAmish May 2015 #23

And Paul Bremer should be behind bars. ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #24

I do believe they doubled the order William Seger May 2015 #21

That's the way I understand it too, rush order, twice as much. bemildred May 2015 #22

What a stupid move. The Iraqi troops have been assisted by our airstrikes and have lots JDPriestly May 2015 #2

Well said. And if I may add... Wilms May 2015 #3

Glad you said you dont have any answers, I dont either and there are NO good ones, thanks NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #7

You can't blame it all on the Bushes. Fournier May 2015 #15

Not much unless we meddled in Syria on the sly. Which is a possibility. JDPriestly May 2015 #18

Well, you have your views. Fournier May 2015 #19

Once Bush got us into Iraq, there was nothing any other presient after that could do. JDPriestly May 2015 #32

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 May 2015 #20

As I said, NOT unless they supported extremists without realizing it in Syria. JDPriestly May 2015 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #26

And ISIS just can't wait to get there hands on those... eom Purveyor May 2015 #5

And how much is this costing? The price should be included in every announcement. jalan48 May 2015 #6

Price per wiki is $1,480.64 Angleae May 2015 #27

Thanks for the info. It's nice to see a number associated with this. jalan48 May 2015 #30

Oh good, so now they blow up the tanks that they lost. Thor_MN May 2015 #10

This makes no sense, AT-4??? happyslug May 2015 #11

it's about money. Javaman May 2015 #14

Interesting post. Fournier May 2015 #17

GAAAAAAAAAAH!!! AngryDem001 May 2015 #12

Ugh. EEO May 2015 #13

Why not just air drop them to the ISIS forces and save the transport costs. Ford_Prefect May 2015 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #25

That's so we can blow up the tanks that Iraq just abandoned to ISIS CanonRay May 2015 #28

remember when we had to hide assistance to Hussein with ag subsidies? reddread May 2015 #29