nodropinufaka
Well-Known Member
Interesting you say we found WMDs and blame the press when the entire IC considers the fact no WMDs were found as a major intelligence failure.1. Anti-Terrorism is a global security issue. We have entire commands and military elements dedicated to fighting it.
2. We did not lose Afghanistan…the war there isn’t over. While I can understand the sophomoric (not intended as an insult, just a reflection of your education level) stance, I can’t even figure how you think Iraq was “lost” when we still have 2500 people there, their government is still in place, and the nation is actively pursuing ISIS (for example some recent news…https://news.yahoo.com/us-shoots-down-pair-iranian-172700737.html) BLUF…you are entirely WRONG about an ISIS takeover in Iraq and have no measure to support your argument.
3. Put your little political claws away…some of us were actually there, on the ground, in Iraq, in 2003, and we discovered over 5000 violations of the treaty. The press wanted us to find “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” atomic bombs in a room with stacks of yellow cake uranium but in truth the teams looked for and found 5,000 chemical warheads, shells or aviation bombs. Oh, we also found the components of Iraq’s “Super Gun” that was supposed to have been destroyed. I can’t help what you think might be a WMD, but they were discovered.
4. I will argue that Afghanistan is, actually, better off. The Taliban is already feeling the sting of a people who know and love some measure of freedom. Afghan women aren’t going back and resistance will rise. Moreover, the war there is not over and internal fighting will continue. It took 20 years, but the young know freedom and education and they will fight for it even if only in small ways.
I don’t discount they were violating treaties but we didn’t find what we claimed they were holding.