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Yes. I did not support staying there.
An Iraqi democracy is not worth one drop of American blood.
The US and UK invasion in March 2003 toppled the government in its quest for the cache of 'the most lethal weapons ever devised' that Bush said he had intel that 'left no doubt' they were being hidden from UN inspectors in March 2003.
The announced intent of the invasion was to 'topple the regime' as well as secure the oil infrastructure and then look for the WMD ... since Rumsfeld knew where they were ....
" in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south, and north somewhat ." .
So what did you think Bush was going to do? Topple a Sunni minority regime and then sit back and let Iran and the Iraqi Shiites take over on their own? Did you think the military plan in March 2003 was to Bomb them into the Stone Age?
How could you support a major ground invasion and not know that the goal was occupation and setting up a democratic representative government to replace the authoritarian rule of Saddam Hussein? How did you miss the Bush Admin's intent?
You don't need a couple hundred thousand ground troops and all that rolling equipment if the plan is to bomb them into the stone ages.
\\Why did you support a ground invasion then, I guess is the better question.