4yrs Since 9/11-What did the US do Right/Wrong Afterwards?What Would You Have Done?
09-11-2015, 03:21 PM
Today is 14th anniversary of 9/11...
I think that the 2003 invasion of Iraq is one of the biggest fuckups of all time. It destabilised the middle east, got the US involved militarily in the middle east and cost billions of dollars. Some say that the destabilising eventually led to the situation where ISIS could appear.
Paul Bremer also fucked up big time too. As the Administrator of Iraq after the invasion, he fired the Iraqi army and many of those guys are allegedly now involved with ISIS.
How do you feel about this? What would you have done?
I think that the 2003 invasion of Iraq is one of the biggest fuckups of all time. It destabilised the middle east, got the US involved militarily in the middle east and cost billions of dollars. Some say that the destabilising eventually led to the situation where ISIS could appear.
Paul Bremer also fucked up big time too. As the Administrator of Iraq after the invasion, he fired the Iraqi army and many of those guys are allegedly now involved with ISIS.
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On May 23, 2003, Bremer issued Order Number 2, in effect dissolving the entire former Iraqi army and putting 400,000 former Iraqi soldiers out of work.
The move was widely criticized for creating a large pool of armed and disgruntled youths for the insurgency. Former soldiers took to the streets in mass protests to demand back pay. Many of them threatened violence if their demands were not met.
How do you feel about this? What would you have done?