I keep focusing on these quotes.
"Some may disagree with my decision to remove Saddam Hussein from power, but all of us can agree that the world's terrorists have now made Iraq a central front in the war on terror," he said.
No, Mr. President,
You made Iraq a central front on the 'war on terror'.
You implied the links between Hussein, WMD and terror networks.
You falsified information and went against many well-respected people in Washington who told you it was a bad idea.
You took out the leader of an authoritarian-yet-sovereign nation, allowing the predicted power vaccuum to come to life.
You fulfilled, in their eyes, the prophecies of an American imperialism in the Middle East.
You threw the rocks at the proverbial hornets nest and got the swarm's temper enflamed.
...and now the world's terrorists are the ones who turned Iraq into a hotbed for terrorism.
Oh, well. yeah - maybe you're right.
"This mission isn't easy, and it will not be accomplished overnight."
Does that mean you'll be giving back the flightsuit, then?
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