No one could argue against the reasons of going against Iraq either, or that the people in control of Iraq at the time were good.... what are your thoughts on the Iraq war?
You think that Iran wishes to dominate the world?
Can't we start a lot of wars based on your viewpoint?
What are your thoughts on the fact the you Trumpers literally ran on the concept of 'No new wars'?
Thanks for the questions Rod..
1. Iraq war - That’s really a two part question…Part one involves how we got into Iraq. That was 25 years ago. A full generation ago. We had just been attacked, and Saddam Hussein was brutalizing his own people. And Hussein was behind an attempt on a then former Presidents life. We didn’t have the technology, or the capability we have today. Plus, we were told that in that case there was a nuke component as well, and they were concurring a neighbor country. So, we went in, and at the time, I supported the mission. As the war dragged on, and we were mired in the mess of it all, Iraq moved its nuclear material out of the country to Syria, we found nothing, Hussein was ousted, and killed, and the country was left as a training ground for Iranian proxyed terror groups like ISIS, along with the failure of national building that the people didn’t want. It was a good thing for Trump first term to pull us out.
2. I think Iran is run by theocrats, that follow a sect of Islam that are suicidal in their quest to dominate the world through conquest, and vanquish in order to bring the rest of the world to Islam through war and terror. And that they clearly were developing nukes in that quest. Iran can never be allowed to obtain that capability.
3. We could. But, it’s a matter of the nukes. Trump is, and has been masterful in taking that threat out in many ways, without troops on the ground, and without starting any folly of national building. He’s softening up the regime so that the people of Iran have a chance to determine their own fate.
4. Sometimes in life we are forced into doing things that while distasteful, bring about the security for lasting peace. So, as long as this mission stays limited to that, and not a protracted conflict where we send our blood? I wish success, then he can get back to fixing the mess here.
I hope that answers some of your questions…