Unless you work for the CIA or similar you can’t really tell how questionable or not a decision is until the information is made public. The fact that it’s questionable in hindsight is even worse than being questionable in the moment when you don’t know why they do stuff.
To extent maybe, but not really? I remember very clearly that one of the objections was that both US and UK Governments were refusing to produce any evidence of Saddam’s supposed WMDs.
If you want to drag many countries into a major land war of aggression, destabilize a whole region, and cause the deaths of millions, you still need to show your working out first - even if it means jeopardizing an individual operation or two. The fact that it turned out their “evidence” was cooked-up bullshit, is almost secondary.
Is it even questionable in hindsight tho? As far as I’m aware, there was basically no reason to go after Iraq other than finishing what Daddy started. Afghanistan I can see it being questionable in hindsight, but Iraq was an unnecessary war from the jump.
Original statement had the “to say the least” attached to it. I think everyone is taking my intentional misuderstanding of what “bush” OP was referring to way too seriously.
zxqwas@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Unless you work for the CIA or similar you can’t really tell how questionable or not a decision is until the information is made public. The fact that it’s questionable in hindsight is even worse than being questionable in the moment when you don’t know why they do stuff.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
To extent maybe, but not really? I remember very clearly that one of the objections was that both US and UK Governments were refusing to produce any evidence of Saddam’s supposed WMDs.
If you want to drag many countries into a major land war of aggression, destabilize a whole region, and cause the deaths of millions, you still need to show your working out first - even if it means jeopardizing an individual operation or two. The fact that it turned out their “evidence” was cooked-up bullshit, is almost secondary.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Is it even questionable in hindsight tho? As far as I’m aware, there was basically no reason to go after Iraq other than finishing what Daddy started. Afghanistan I can see it being questionable in hindsight, but Iraq was an unnecessary war from the jump.
zxqwas@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Original statement had the “to say the least” attached to it. I think everyone is taking my intentional misuderstanding of what “bush” OP was referring to way too seriously.