It’s been 10 years since we got involved in a conflict overseas over the debated matter of weapons of mass destruction and US feeling a threat from a dictator. (Very much similar to North Korea, but we know they have WMD’s…)
The question is, whether this war/“conflict” was worth it at all.
By the numbers:
4,488 US servicemen dead.
32,000 wounded
100,000-170,000 civilians dead
600,000 civilians executed under Saddam
0 number of weapons of mass destruction found
1 trillion dollars it the approximate cost of the war to date, the number will keep going up long after the conflict is over accounted for interest, veterans and other operational costs
10 years later there is still plenty of civil unrest and anniversary was “celebrated” by more explosions
I don’t see how anyone with even half a brain could not have known that we were opening up a huge can of worms when we invaded Iraq. Ten years later and what exactly did we accomplish that was good?
Everyone by now knows that Iraq was invaded for oil control. It is no secret. THe WMD threats was more or less a reason to invade. Did they have WMD? Maybe. I love my country but I def disagree with how Iraq was handled by our elected politicians. To force feed a country democracy that some never wanted anyway. Democracy does not work overnight. We as a country still don’t have it right. Was Iraq a success? I still feel like it needs time to grow as a democratic country to see if it was worth it. I always like to this a particular scenario as an example… Let’s say North Korea for instance invaded to US(Yea it will most likely never happen). And they tried to instate a Dictorship. I’m positive most Americans would do what Iraq and Afgan citizens did(and are still doing) ie. use ied’s, snipers, etc to kill the enemy. I feel America needs to take a pre-WW1 approach and mind our own buisness but will never happen. As for the 4k+ soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen that have died I do not feel sorry. I don’t mean to offend anyone that has lost a loved one to the conflict but they signed up for it. They knew every bit what they were getting themselves into when joining.
Freedom fries is a political euphemism for French fries in the United States. The term came to prominence in 2003 when the Republican-controlled Congress officially renamed the menu item in Congressional cafeterias in response to France’s opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq. The renaming quickly gained notoriety as part of a greater wave of political and popular anti-French sentiment in the United States. Although originally supported by Americans with several restaurants changing their menus as well, following declining support for the Iraq War, the term became irrelevant. Following Bob Ney’s resignation from the Committee which oversaw the renaming, it was quietly reverted.
Fucking Freedom Fries! :rofl
Can you imagine the outrage this would cause if this happened with the current Congress?
Like with anything in this world there is always 2 sides to something. I’m sure there was many reasons to invade Iraq that the public will never know the true motives behind it. What more or less sealed the deal for me on oil being the main reason was when I was on deployment. My carrier and strike group was one of 2 that was in the Arabian Sea doing missions into Afghanistan. Iran was doing flyovers of the Carl Vinson(my carrier) at the time for 2 weeks straight in there P-3’s. Iran threatened to close off the Strait of Hormuz if we didnt stop coming so close to Iran soil. If anyone is familiar with the geographic location it is the only way for oil along with many other types of export to make it out of the Gulf. Iran technically controls it. Anyways we got pulled off our Afgan missions and posted up outside the Strait so Iran wouldnt close it for oil to make it’s way out. Seemed fucked up to me that they would put thousands of our lives at risk so some oil could make it’s way out. This was just an example of my personal experience
