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I assume you're talking about the Iraq war? You don't think that was about supporting allies? (Saudi Arabia and Israel) (To be clear, I don't think any of thes

by gok 8y ago

I assume you're talking about the Iraq war? You don't think that was about supporting allies? (Saudi Arabia and Israel) (To be clear, I don't think any of these are good reasons)

mikeash 8y ago
No, I don't. Iraq didn't pose any sort of threat to those allies. We made things way worse for them and it was entirely foreseeable. We invaded for some combination of stupid political reasons and revenge.