(December 1, 2018 at 3:03 pm)Cherub786 Wrote:The Iraqi's didn't want to be occupied by a foreign military . Nor wanted to be run by American puppets and it was all done under Bush's impotence and blaming other counties for Bush's failure is weak sauce . The Iraqi people owe Bush and America nothing .(December 1, 2018 at 2:51 pm)Amarok Wrote: Hardly as all he gave them in return is a decades of war and chaos .
I disagree. The Iraqis gave themselves this war and chaos. They could have taken advantage of the golden opportunity that was presented to them, the first Arab country to have the gift of democracy. Instead they chose to launch an insurgency, start a sectarian civil war, ethnically cleanse each other, bomb each other's shrines and mosques, and elect corrupt politicians (Nouri al-Maliki) to loot their coffers.
Of course a lot of the blame lies on external actors. The Saudis, Syrians and Iranians did not want Iraq to succeed from day 1. They infiltrated the country with their proxies to destabilize it. Why? They knew if Iraq becomes a successful democracy, their own people will want the same thing and their autocratic and corrupt rule will be in jeopardy.
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