Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post

We all hate it when innocent people die and suffer and that's the tragedy. The way I see it even as a 'collateral damage' and not 'victims' dead people are still dead. I know I have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight and Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz may have genuinely believed that it will be a quick campaign where the Iraqi people greet US as liberators and rebuilding the country into a free and democratic Iraq would be simple and easy. I mean that's what they sold, but while I've never been in war I really think that's a fictionalized story of how wars work, and they should've known better.
Call me a cynic but I believe they did know better. When a decision is made to invade a foreign country there are usually two reasons to do so. They are the real one and the window dressing that sells the deal to the public. It is an added bonus if you can build a coalition of other like minded countries to go along as it adds an air of legitimacy to the venture. You really can't take much at face value.

Bob