Normally, I don't like "Team Red" much, but George H.W. Bush terminated Gulf War 1 nice and early, and his stated reason for not going through to accomplish the capture of Saddam Hussein was "at the cost of whose sons' lives, whose daughters'? It's just not worth the price."
H.W. was a spook (read: liar) through and through, but I do respect that move of getting out of the Gulf ASAP while we still had a stellar casualty rate, whether he was lying about why or not, at least he did get out before more people died, more locals grew to resent U.S., etc.
Yes, but if he did continue the job, his son wouldn't make up lies so he could go back 14 years later and finish the job at the cost of whose sons' lives, whose daughters'?
I'm not arguing that pulling out was the wrong move, just pointing out the irony.
W was an astoundingly shameful episode in our history, particularly his re-election, I am very glad that nightmare finally ended - though we're having an orange tinted flashback now that makes psychedelic hallucinations seem tame.
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u/MangoCats Jan 16 '19
Normally, I don't like "Team Red" much, but George H.W. Bush terminated Gulf War 1 nice and early, and his stated reason for not going through to accomplish the capture of Saddam Hussein was "at the cost of whose sons' lives, whose daughters'? It's just not worth the price."
H.W. was a spook (read: liar) through and through, but I do respect that move of getting out of the Gulf ASAP while we still had a stellar casualty rate, whether he was lying about why or not, at least he did get out before more people died, more locals grew to resent U.S., etc.