Originally Posted by Rekna

Bush wanted to invade Iraq prior to 9/11. After 9/11 he saw his chance so he blamed 9/11 on Saddam and went in. I don't know all of the reasons he went in but we do know that every reason that he gave us was a lie. Saddam did not have WMD, Saddam was not linked to Al Qaeda or responsible for 9/11. Saddam was not a threat to the US. We know that he purposefully lied and cherry picked evidence in order to push the US into war (remember the 16 words). Now thanks to the Neocon's war the middle east is less secure, Al Qaeda is stronger than ever, our military is breaking, our economy is crashing, and we are debt has grown at ridiculous rates.

The world and specifically the US would have been better off if we had never invaded Iraq. Sure we killed a bad guy but at what cost? How many more bad guys have we created?

Did Bush do this alone? No he had the help of the Neocon's, complicit Republicans, and the Necon news network (Fox News). They used fear to drive the US into a war that was unnecessary and keep us there. Was it for oil? Was it because of an irrational fear of muslims? I don't know but we are there and it all rests squarely on the shoulders of one man. George W Bush. He was the decider and he decided poorly. In the end he was the boss he made the mistakes and in my view he violated the damned piece of paper (ie constitution) over and over. He is the worst president this nation has ever had and I pray that the next president and congress will work together in order to limit the ability of one man to destroy this nation.