IT HAD TO BE DONE

chemical ali, another henchman of saddam who was found guilty of killing thousands of people, is now facing execution.

This news item puts into focus the unusual circumstances which brought about the US invasion of Iraq, circumstances which, unfortunately, many folks are not aware of.

Rarely do geopolitical realities coincide in so favorable a way as they did prior to the US invasion.

I say favorable not because the whole story of the Iraq war has been a total success, but rather because it was a thing that needed to be done; was done; and, God willing, will be brought to a successful conclusion.

Think about it.

Item: Saddam was a butcher, a plague upon his people, his region, and ultimately upon the whole world.

Item: The US needs to be ‘on the ground’ in the Middle East. Not to be so deployed would be a national catastrophe. Removal of saddam was the way to ‘be on the ground’, big time.

Two mistakes were made:

1 The true reasons for the invasion were not made clear to the American people.

2 Strategy for the post war period was not properly thought out.

With the invasion, the US took down a real enemy and expanded a military presence in a region which is now and forever will be a national necessity for the security of the US and indeed for the whole world.

Wars have been undertaken for less commendable reasons.

So, when political candidates or friends argue that the war was a mistake, know and counter that the war was not a mistake, but rather the reasons given for it and the post war strategy were really the mistakes.

Talk to them about the realities of geopolitics. These realities do not predetermine what the great powers will do, but they do determine what the great powers should do.

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Have a good day.