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The Operation Iraqi Freedom had very sound objectives: https://dod.defense.gov/Photos/Photo-Gallery/igphoto/2001241030/ https://dod.defense.gov/Photos/Photo-Gal
by aries1980 8y ago
The Operation Iraqi Freedom had very sound objectives: https://dod.defense.gov/Photos/Photo-Gallery/igphoto/2001241030/ https://dod.defense.gov/Photos/Photo-Gallery/igphoto/2001241... and https://www.twincities.com/2010/06/22/angry-obama-summons-gen-mcchrystal-to-white-house-to-explain-slams-on-administration/ https://www.twincities.com/2010/06/22/angry-obama-summons-ge... .
- jopsen 8y agoI thought so at the time... In my defense I was 15 or so :) But why did set these objectivea in Iraq, we could have picked so many different places, with lot worse people than Saddam. Just saying, there is not of examples of wheels starting to spin and being hard to stop.
- aries1980 8y agoThe objectives are not the reason. According to the Wikipedia, the reason was a decade-long plot against Saddam, to support the Saudi interest.