Cheney said it himself back in 1994 -- invading Iraq would be a quagmire. Air strikes are a great way to cheaply keep a threat in check. I've never protested the Iraq War over its morality or its lack of U.N. approval. Almost all of my problems with it are economic in nature.usmarine wrote:
so an illegal invasion or attack into another country is ok as long as it is cheap? oh...and clinton did it?Turquoise wrote:
Air strikes are a lot more effective than invasions at keeping threats contained at a cheap cost.usmarine wrote:
Can someone explain to me why clinton bombed iraq in 1998?
That's why he did it.
For one thing, invading and the subsequent nation-building are ungodly expensive. We really didn't need to tack on another half a trillion onto the national debt.