Jeb Bush Slams Invasion Of Iraq - Is This The New Reality?

2015-05-18T12:57:14-04:00

From "The Press-Enterprise"

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQ_WAR_MISTAKE?SITE=CARIE

White House hopefuls agree: Iraq war a mistake

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A dozen years later, American politics has reached a rough consensus about the Iraq War: It was a mistake.

Politicians hoping to be president rarely run ahead of public opinion. So it's a revealing moment when the major contenders for president in both parties find it best to say that 4,491 Americans and countless Iraqis lost their lives in a war that shouldn't have been waged.

Many people have been saying that for years, of course. Polls show most of the public have judged the war a failure by now. Over time, more and more GOP politicians have allowed that the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq undermined Republican President George W. Bush's rationale for the 2003 invasion.

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What might seem a hard truth for a nation to acknowledge has become the safest thing for an American politician to say - even Bush's brother.

EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Two years ago you would have been called a traitor for voicing the opinions that the current candidates for nomination for election to the office of President of the United States of America are saying publicly.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2015 12:59 PM

2015-05-18T12:59:06-04:00

Hindsight is often more accurate than Foresight.

Response by SGT David T. made May 18 at 2015 1:05 PM

2015-05-18T13:05:30-04:00

One thing we always need to remember about leadership at any level is that we never have all of the information that we need. We make decisions based on what we have at the time and live the consequences . At the time I felt the invasion was a bad idea due to the fact that we had not finished operations in Afghanistan before invading Iraq. That was from a military perspective though. The decision to use force is a political one and not my decision to make.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made May 18 at 2015 1:13 PM

2015-05-18T13:13:46-04:00

It's over, it's done with, Bush has been out of office for 7 years and it's in the history books. Hillary, the queen of Benghazi voted for it (oh yes, "reluctantly" as she twists it), Jeb's still not quite sure what he would have done (chuckle) other than backpedalling to cover bro's behind. Chris Christie is still trying to literally get over the GW bridge and was Ted Cruz even born yet??

How in Zeus's toilet bowl will this make a bit of difference in the upcoming debacle of a presidential election. If these idiots are more worried about this than everything else going on that is actually, wait for it, RELEVANT to the current world situation (OK, arguments can be made that the Iraq war has something to do with it but it's water under the bridge at this point) then How will they address real issues?

Do they make body armor strong enough to deflect blame throwers??

Response by SPC Andrew Griffin made Jul 22 at 2015 3:59 PM

2015-07-22T15:59:58-04:00

He had no Choice! The fact that we went under False Pretenses is Self-Evident now!