- Dec 8, 2013
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How much of Syria and Iraq did ISIS control when Bush left office?
Here's the thing.
There were no Al Qaeda elements in the Parts of Iraq that Saddam Hussien controlled. As much as the Bush administration tried to link them, the Baathists, who were secular socialists were enemies of Al Qaeda, who were Theocrats.
When Bush smashed the Iraqi military and security infrastructure, replacing it with, nothing, elements of Al Qaeda began to funnel into Iraq and inspire a civil war. During this time, Rumsfeld was saying "Boys will be boys" as massacres were taking place. This is where they got their training. And things got so bad, they started taking ground.
That's when Rumsfeld got kicked, Poppa's Bush's consiglieres, Robert Gates and James Baker rejoined the crew and they got David Petraeus to take up the fight. They also sent a whole lot of troops into Iraq. While they calmed things down a bit, mainly by bribing the "terrorists" they didn't completely quell the revolt. And some of these folks began moving into Syria.
In essence, after 2 wars, Bush left nothing but a mess. And this eventuality? Was completely foretold.
Yes folks. The liberals are in unison, as we already knew. Then there are liberals that deny that the comment by the moron from Hollywood speaks for ALL liberals.