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Death of Michael Ledeen, maker of the phony case for the invasion of Iraq

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93 points nabla9 | 2 comments | 25 May 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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melling ◴[25 May 25 16:20 UTC] No.44088874[source]▶
$2 trillion for that war. Next time let’s cure cancer(s).

Correct, no one said it would be easy. True we would likely not have succeeded, but millions more would be cancer survivors.

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motorest ◴[25 May 25 16:40 UTC] No.44088989[source]▶
> $2 trillion for that war. Next time let’s cure cancer(s).

Aren't there any positive tradeoffs in overthrowing the likes of Saddam Hussein?

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agent281 ◴[25 May 25 17:20 UTC] No.44089238[source]▶
Maybe? But it destabilized the Middle East, caused the migrant crisis in Europe, the migrant crisis caused a rise in right wing movements in Europe, it caused the rise of ISIS (lots of Iraqi ex-military), ISIS was involved in the the civil war in Syria, it caused a loss of faith in the American government, created a generation of disillusioned combat vets, so on and so forth.

I really think we're still recovering from the damage caused by Bush administration.

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1. i80and ◴[25 May 25 20:47 UTC] No.44090943[source]▶
Are we recovering? The knock-on damage you list seems to be accelerating if anything.
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2. agent281 ◴[25 May 25 22:54 UTC] No.44092018[source]▶
Fair enough!