Richard Clarke: Invading Iraq after 9/11 was like invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor.

Invading Iraq after 9/11 was like invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor.

       --Richard Clarke (1941-), intelligence and counter-terrorism advisor to four administrations, three Republican and one Democratic

Comments

[Dominic Caraccilo]

The quality of life and security for the citizens has been largely restored and we are a large part of why that has happened.

[Sedulia]

If restoring the quality of life for foreign citizens is a good enough reason for the U.S. to spend years in a war, why don't we invade Zimbabwe, Sudan, Pakistan and Congo next?

Personally I believe American national interests (not Israeli or Kuwaiti interests) should be involved before we go to war.

[Dominic Caraccilo]

There is very little trash in the streets, many more people in the markets and shops, and children have returned to school.

[Sedulia]

George W. Bush has admittedthat Iraq had nothing to do with Al Qaeda or the 9/11 attacks and did not have weapons of mass destruction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_A77N5WKWM

In other words, our invasion of Iraq was a mistake.

I think future historians will see the invasion of Iraq as a disastrous wrong turn on the part of our country.

To repeat, American national interests (not Israeli or Kuwaiti interests, not whims of a son trying to top his father, not cleaning up another country's trash) should be involved before we go to war.