Trump posts video blaming Netanyahu for "endless wars"
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As we wound up to the second Iraq war, Glenn Beck claimed to have talked to high level sources during his trip to Israel, and described their whole plan in the middle east as cutting off the head of the snake, Iran. The idea is we would have continued presence of forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan to put pressure on them and invade when the time came. Obviously it didn't work out that way but I distinctly remember him calling that the real reason for the war and saying it was a good thing.
I do get the idea that toppling Iraq could be used to make Iran an enemy, but my god has this plan gone all sorts of wrong. Iran has almost won in Iraq because of our stupid handling of the war and the peace; then on top of that Saddam was an American ally (frankly, I blame the Gulf War on the US State Department for being nonchalant about the invasion when Saddam asked if there would be an objection or response to the US for the invasion). I'm glad he's dead (especially his sons), but FFS could someone have any fucking proper plan?
Then Afghanistan.... that shit was handed over to Pakistan, so well the fuck done there.
It seems to me like none of that plan was necessary, and the same things could have been achieved by getting Saddam to act like an American vassal, and getting the Mujahadeen onside originally.