Man, that's depressing. While I never argued for invasion, I deeply regret supporting those who waged the war thinking that lack of support would lead to a quagmire and a situation that was worse than before, and that was pretty awful. The more I read about the war, I came to the conclusion it had absolutely no chance of being anything else. It's got to be one of the worst cases of collective sunk cost fallacy.
Empires are evil. America is one of the least evil, but that doesn't justify its empire. It might have been necessary to defeat Nazism, and to hold back the spread of communism, but we are squandering our future's prosperity to accomplish what exactly? I could understand if it was a question for survival, but American citizens enjoy so much security it's ridiculous, even 15 years ago. Even with all the mass shootings.
Boycott news media. Boycott national politics. The world will be better off.
We were defending the petrodollar in Iraq. i.e. attempting to maintain American hegemony. Viewing all recent conflicts through that lens really helps to understand. "Yellow cake" and the like is just how it was sold.
Empires are evil. America is one of the least evil, but that doesn't justify its empire. It might have been necessary to defeat Nazism, and to hold back the spread of communism, but we are squandering our future's prosperity to accomplish what exactly? I could understand if it was a question for survival, but American citizens enjoy so much security it's ridiculous, even 15 years ago. Even with all the mass shootings.
Boycott news media. Boycott national politics. The world will be better off.