Tell your conservative friends that Bush is wrong on Iraq

ILLUSTRATED: Counter the right wing radio spin on Iraq, we are hollowing are own military and playing into the Jihadist’s storyline.

Conservative radio is trying to tell their listeners this: Bush will be vindicated by historians since he got us a foothold in the Middle East to fight inevitable wars there. They compare this with remaining in Japan, Germany, Korea, Balkans, as Cuba, as well as a 92 year stay in the Philippines. They claim it permanently projects American power.

Short Debunk: First this proves the lie that this was simply to topple Saddam and leave. Secondly, we already had bases in Kuwait and Qatar from which to project power. Lastly, the other wars had big coalitions and enough troops to make the project work. Our military is hollowing, and Bin Laden and others are playing this us in their propaganda narrative.

Long Debunk: First this proves the lie that this was simply to topple Saddam. Germany was toppled by the Allies and Soviets with millions of troops. It was reconstructed after several years by which time it became the front line in the Cold War, hence the large number of American troops. Japan kept its emperor to maintain some stability. Also, Japan, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), South Korea are either islands or are isolated from other countries. Iraq is at the crossroads of the European, African, and Asian land masses, that’s how come all of these terrorists are streaming into the country.

The Balkans proves how important it is to have a president who is strategic (Clinton) instead of one who is small minded (Bush the son, the father was a good diplomat). Clinton worked with several other countries through an international process, and the Balkans, just as messy as Iraq, has been relatively successful.