Topper's TravelsTopper Kain's blog. Topper Kain is a world-famous kazoo player and traditional norwegian food chef. He wants you to use the comments. Wednesday, September 20, 2006I'm hardly a bleeding heart, but every time I read about the US's situation after Afghanistan and before Iraq I'm struck with how bad an idea the Iraq war really was. I'll admit, I kind of supported it at the time. I was sold on the "It will be easy" arguements, the idea that Saddam really probably did have WMD or at least a program, that that crazy fucker would have used them, and that removing an insane muderous jackass from power was just thing to to do.Additionally I understand that Iraq was a client state to Russia, China, and France, our three greatest rivals in the world. I also understand how much oil we COULD have gotten out of Iraq. However, the facts on the ground say that the US would now be in a better position had we never gone into Iraq. While I understand the political impossibility of this, just THINK what would have happened had we spent all the money we are spending on Iraq on alternative energy R&D in the US. More jobs, more technology, the investment in capital inside the US. Internationally we would not appear bogged down and would not be letting our position in the Caspian, Central Asia, and elsewhere slip. Overall, it was just a bad idea. How we get out of I do not know. .: posted by Topper 2:09 PM
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