So, where's Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld now so we can ask them whether they thought about the human capital costs from the unnecessary Iraq War? On the surface, it costed $1T, 4,600+ US troop fatalities, 10's of thousands of disabled, and countless (hidden or not hidden) PTSDs, and veterans couldn't find meaningful work. And don't forget the ignorance of domestic matters leading to the housing bubble and the Great Recession - FnF C-ship.
Many (if not most) Democrats did vote for the war under false pretenses presented by the Bush administration. They shouldn't have been so stupid to believe the garbage that they were being told, but alas, you make the best decision you can with what the leadership is spoon feeding the media, and therefore the nation.
Politics are a rotten thing, but to put the wars' responsibility on anyone but the GOP leadership is myopic since there was but one Democrat senator actively screaming for war (Lieberman).
Politics are a rotten thing, but to put the wars' responsibility on anyone but the GOP leadership is myopic since there was but one Democrat senator actively screaming for war (Lieberman).
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This is not the place for discussions like this. However, one correction....CNN is reporting that he was a 34 year old Iraqi War Vet....to me a fellow military veteran albeit, many years my junior. My prayers are with his family and the families of those impacted by this tragedy. I am seeing too many incidents of suicide among veterans and it pains me. Less
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