Originally Posted by cthulu23

There were plenty of people who criticized the war prior to it's commencement, myself included. Some of us didn't buy that Saddam Hussein was a real threat to the security of the US. The idea that invading a secular middle eastern country actually increases our security is also debatable. Some would say that the US government has been a pretty effective recruiter for Islamic extremists.

Of course, this has been debated over and over and is more than a little off-topic.