Many Rightwingbots on this board have made a lotta noise about debate tho they offer very little of it.How about we debate the Iraq war. Whether it was necessary and legal. Did Bush lie about intelligence? Should we have continued diplomatic efforts? You know, the whole run up to the war and what so many are now against. Do you feel more sanctions would have worked? Do you think Saddam had any type of WMD's? Should we have just stayed in Afghanistan as so many think? Did we abandon Afghanistan as so many think?
Feel free to open another thread elsewhere if you like.
This thread is to be free from adhoms, free from partisan pissing matches and focused on debate about the Iraq war as defined by Jimmy's quoted post above.
The war had nothing to do with protecting the US.
Saddam threatened us in no way.
Saddam's WMD were no threat to the US.
We abandoned our hunt for BinLaden who was a genuine threat at the time. We abandoned the war in Afgahnistan and subsequently it rages or simmers on. We failed to address Pakistan and Saudi Arabia that were real threats and we did not manage the situation with Korea.
Mean while terror generally is growing as a result, as are the number of terrorists worldwide and the potential for a serious threat to US security.
Oh, and no i don't buy any of that crap about UN resolutions from the first gulf war ( 678) being used as justifications for the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Our invasion of Iraq was illegal in as much as any war is illegal.
that's a start.