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Why are we even discussing that Bush was 'woefully unprepared' for the Iraq War? Of course he was, that isn't the POINT.
Does resource-stealing--a neo-colonialist, imperialistic, bloodthirsty power grab--deserve weighing on the merits of its preparation?
Even if it were 'well prepared' for, or would Bush be a good president if he had prepared well for it???
Would y'all just be happy if we were 'winning' this 'war'?
People are just way too tied to the tribal warfare of our ancestral past to see how not only immoral it is, but how SELF-DEFEATING it is.
Not only are there thousands upon thousands of dead, and many thousands more immiserated, we've bankrupted the war chest (and partially our nation, the bailouts will do the rest) to make a few oil barons wealthy...
When we could have produced for every single homeowner in the U.S. their own solar system for the same money, and invested in Iraq enough--ethically, and without imperialistic power grabs--to help make them an authentically, economically democratic nation, Saddam Hussein be damned.
That's the 'opportunity cost' we're dealing with.
