When Bush disbanded Saddam's military and installed a Shiite government friendly with Iran, two things were bound to happen.
1. Iran's influence on the Iraqi government and in the region grew.
2. The partisan government was bound to fall.
This only highlights the GOP's complete ignorance about the people of the Middle East.
Bush: 'I can't remember why we disbanded the Iraqi army'
How Disbanding the Iraqi Army Fueled ISIS
Bush signed a treaty with Iraq making us leave. Obama followed the Bush/GOP signed agreement.. Now watch Republicans try to blame the violence in Iraq on Obama. Even with all the media, the video and the recent history. Republicans are counting on the ignorance and the short attention span of the American people.
Oh look more debunked far left religious scripture.
There was no army to disband and what is known as ISIS was formed in 1999, did not get it's name and spread like wild fire until Obama..
Oh look more debunked far left religious scripture.
There was no army to disband
Saddam had no army?????????????????????
An ignorant right wingernut turd with actual shit for brains.
How the ‘catastrophic’ American decision to disband Saddam's military helped fuel the rise of ISIL
Who disbanded the Iraqi army?
Envoy: Bush OK'd Plan To Disband Iraq Army
BBC NEWS | Americas | US row over Iraq army dismantling
And now ignorant right wingers believe Saddam had no military? What did he invade Kuwait with? Bartenders?
Oh please God. Spare me the ignorance of the right wing.
Saddam had no army and no matter how many far left blog sites you quote, the reality is they were not getting paid so they left.
Another far left drone failed post that can not admit that Obama is a failure..
So Saddam, with no military, was such a threat (called the next Hitler, remember?) was so dangerous we had to invade the country and stop him...
Stop him from what? Rude remarks? Halloween pranks?
See how the far left will deny facts..
After Saddam was removed from power the army disbanded itself..
Silly far left drones!
No, it didn't.
You can read the dissolution order here:
Section 3
Employees and Service Members
1) Any military or other rank, title, or status granted to a former employee or
functionary of a Dissolved Entity by the former Regime is hereby cancelled.
2) All conscripts are released from their service obligations. Conscriptions is
suspended indefinitely, subject to decisions by future Iraq governments
concerning whether a free Iraq should have conscription.
3) Any person employed by a Dissolved Entity in any form or capacity, is dismissed
effective as of April 16, 2003. Any person employed by a Dissolved Entity, in
any from or capacity remains accountable for acts committed during such
employment.
4) A termination payment in an amount to be determined by the Administrator will
be paid to employees so dismissed, except those who are Senior Party Members
as defined in the Administrator’s May 16, 2003 Order of the Coalition Provisional
Authority De-Ba`athification of Iraqi Society, CPA/ORD/2003/01 (“Senior Party
Members”) (See Section 3.6).
5) Pensions being paid by, or on account of service to, a Dissolved Entity before
April 16, 2003 will continue to be paid, including to war widows and disabled
veterans, provided that no pension payments will be made to any person who is a
Senior Party Member (see Section 3.6) and that the power is reserved to the
Administrator and to future Iraqi governments to revoke or reduce pensions as a
penalty for past or future illegal conduct or to modify pension arrangements to
eliminate improper privileges granted by the Ba`athist regime or for similar
reasons.
6) Notwithstanding any provision of this Order, or any other Order, law, or
regulation, and consistent with the Administrator’s May 16, 2003 Order of the
Coalition Provisional Authority De-Ba`athification of Iraqi Society,
CPA/ORD/2003/01, no payment, including a termination or pension payment,
will be made to any person who is or was a Senior Party Member. Any personholding the rank under the former regime of Colonel or above, or its equivalent,
will be deemed a Senior Party Member, provided that such persons may seek,
under procedures to be prescribed, to establish to the satisfaction of the
Administrator, that they were not a Senior Party Member.
CPA/ORD/23 May 2003/02
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ANNEX
COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDER NUMBER 2
DISSOLUTION OF ENTITIES
Order 2: Dissolution of Entities with Annex A - Wikisource, the free online library
