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Iraq War Ends as a Shameful and Criminal Waste of Lives and Money
By Rick Grant Commentary
The 9 year Iraq war ended leaving the tragic legacy of 4,500 American troops killed, 33,000 wounded or maimed, and $1 trillion spent.
The war was pitched to the American public under false pretenses because Bush-Cheney wanted to eliminate Saddam Hussain’s control of Iraq’s oil fields. Of course, the Bush family is in the oil business!
More sinister, Cheney had a vested interest in providing his old firm, Haliburton with massive contracts, even though his interests were in a blind trust. The Bush-Cheney administration played on the public’s post-9/11 paranoia, when in fact, at the time, Iraq had no dealings with al Qaeda or other terrorist organizations. Nor did Hussain have weapons of mass destruction.
Yes, W. Bush and Dick Cheney have blood on their hands because there was no legal basis to invade Iraq–a country we supported during the Iraq-Afghanistan war. Indeed, because Bush-Cheney perpetrated a fraudulent act for launching the Iraq war, they should be prosecuted for reckless
disregard for the lives of those 4,500 dead soldiers, (2nd degree murder) who gave up their lives for an unworthy cause.
Don’t get me wrong, I respect our elite warriors who go into battle trusting that their leaders have just cause to order them to fight. They took a sacred oath to defend the United States. They went, they fought valiantly, and they sacrificed. It wasn’t their fault that our leaders had secret personal agendas. The dead soldiers are still heroes.
When the dust cleared, the Iraqi soldiers, who our troops trained, were not up to the job of defending the country with so much sectarian violence. Many of the Iraqi recruits have divided loyalties.
From the beginning of the Iraq war, Nouri al-Maliki’s government was corrupt. Just as the troops were leaving Iraq, Maliki ordered the arrest of Iraq’s Sunni vice president because of an alleged bomb plot–an act that will cause more sectarian violence in the Sunni community.
Unequivocally, the Iraq war was the biggest and most expensive war-folly in American history. We invaded Iraq with "shock and awe" and stayed 9 years. Now the pertinent question we must ask: Is Iraq better off for our invasion and 9 year occupation? And, are we better off for having fought this war? No and no!
More significantly, how are those 4,500 families of the deceased soldiers going to deal with their grief knowing that their precious sons and daughters paid the ultimate sacrifice for a war falsely sold to the American public as a righteous undertaking?
If I were one of the grieving parents, I would be calling for the heads of W. Bush and Dick Cheney for the death of my son or daughter for no good reason other than oil and money. My call goes out!! "Indict the bastards!"
