Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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I'm no fan of Bush, but to say that he has caused all these issues in Iraq is a bit disengenuous. All these problems were ultimately caused well before Bush and in the case of the Shite and the Sunnis have been around for 1300+ years. It was further compounded by the arbitrary boundries created by the British (similar to Africa) and then of course made worse by Saddam thru one minority group brutally ruling the rest of country. I would say Bush and America should be best charaterized as a catalyst w/respect to Iraq. Many of these things would have happened regardless if/when Saddam fell or there was some sort of power vacuum. I do not feel the war has made us any safer and feel it was a huge mistake. I just think it's wrong to pile all the blame on Bush for the problems going on there.