2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump's praise for Saddam Hussein actually undermines GWB's Iraq-war
So, Trump said that Saddam Hussein was a swell guy for killing terrorists.
But if a secular tyrant like Saddam was killing terrorists, how the hell would he be selling WMDs to islamic terrorists?
Isn't Trump's comment (as poorly thought-out and incorrect as it may be) an attack on the whole premise of GWB's Iraq-war?
Maybe we should ask Trump for clarification on that.
What he thinks about the invasion of Iraq.
What he thinks about WMDs in Iraq.
If Trump is correct and Saddam was an enemy of terrorists, doesn't the GOP owe the american public a huge apology for destabilizing the whole Middle-East out of pure incompetence?
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)David__77
(23,501 posts)I think Trump said a number of things, not necessarily consistent, on the subject of Iraq.
"Look at the war in Iraq and the mess that we're in. I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the county? C'mon. Two minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have.
What was the purpose of this whole thing? Hundreds and hundreds of young people killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and legs? Not to mention the other side. All those Iraqi kids who've been blown to pieces. And it turns out that all of the reasons for the war were blatantly wrong. All this for nothing!"
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/interviews/a37230/donald-trump-esquire-cover-story-august-2004/
I don't think he has interest in defending the US action in Iraq.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)In August 2004 Trump turned loud and vocally against the war in an interview with Esquire, more than a year after it started and it was clear after the initial successes an insurgency was developing.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-on-there-being-zero-proof-he-opposed-iraq-before-the-w?utm_term=.yiMNkeVBJJ#.feDxremY55
David__77
(23,501 posts)...
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)That's the problem.