Recognizing the hundreds of billions in cost, maybe a trillion, and thousands of soldiers’ lives lost, an economics question arises. Which is less costly (in dollars, lives, international diplomatic relationships and alliances, etc.); invasion and an arduous nation-building occupation or improved domestic homeland security with increased international police action to dissuade “terrorists”? Answer that question five years into Bush’s Iraq War.
Neoconservatives, supporters of the Bush Administration or those who whole-heartedly believe in the goodness of the Iraq War simply must watch the Frontline report Bush’s War and answer to history. Of course, those same people are likely to immediately label the report left-wing propaganda without the benefit of watching the show and that is unfortunate.
Practically every plan, idea, assumption and strategy advanced by Cheney, Rumsfeld and the neoconservatives was incorrect. The level of incompetence uncovered by “Frontline” is stunning. The program interviews dozens of persons directly involved in the war and subsequent attempt at nation-building (e.g. – Bremer, Garner, etc.) who shed light on the folly of the process. History and many Americans ask, simply put, what possibly compelled policy makers to believe that the outcome of the war and nation-building would be an easy success considering the realities of tribal and sectarian hatreds? Was there really naïve innocent belief that Iraqi’s would treat Americans like Parisians did in 1944 and they would not loot their own government or use the existing weaponry against American occupiers? The Frontline show is available on the Internet so please watch it and try not listen to Dittoheads. Actually I want John McCain to watch the Frontline program and immediately offer his policy beliefs within an investigative journalist interview as to if America can militarily impose it’s will successfully on Middle Eastern nations.
