Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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<<One of the many tragic ironies of the Iraq fiasco is that Bush41 was all too aware of what a nightmare it would be to occupy Iraq. He at least had the smarts to avoid the mess that 43 has dragged us into.>>
If he was indeed aware of the nightmare, then I don't understand how could he have allowed his son to do this. He had plenty of time to stop him, there were plenty of excuses for Dubya to pull back. In fact, I would guess that if he had pulled back, and if he had managed to cement some sort of real coalition against Saddam, he would have won a lot of praise for showing up Saddam the bully, and could have done more against Osama and al Qaeda.