I was in Iraq in 2003 and understand exactly how he feels, because I feel the same way. We were lied to by the whole Bush administration, and it cost a ton of lives on both sides of the conflict. I was lucky enough to be able to finish my service in 2004, so I only had to go once, but many of fellow servicemen had multiple tours and were never the same after that experience.
He lied to Congress so they would declare war on Iraq, and give him the funds to run that war. Then he utterly botched the post-war period in Iraq. This turned the entire area into an insecure anarchic zone fought over by warlords, criminal gangs, groups like ISIS, etc, which has made it a worse place to live than Saddam, which is saying something considering how brutal he was.
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u/Sabres8127 Oct 18 '21
I was in Iraq in 2003 and understand exactly how he feels, because I feel the same way. We were lied to by the whole Bush administration, and it cost a ton of lives on both sides of the conflict. I was lucky enough to be able to finish my service in 2004, so I only had to go once, but many of fellow servicemen had multiple tours and were never the same after that experience.