CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoSen. Mitt Romney Says He Would Vote For 'Virtually' Anybody Other Than Trump or Ramaswamythemessenger.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1865arrow-down110
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minus-squarecrashfrog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI don’t think you can really argue that the war in Afghanistan was “unnecessary.” We were attacked by terrorists from that country, remember? We were never going to let OBL do 9/11 and then just walk away.
minus-squareBeetschnapps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoExcept we did. When Bin Laden was cornered in caves in Afghanistan further resources to go after him were denied and sent to Iraq instead. There’s a reason OBL was killed in Pakistan during an entirely different presidential administration.
minus-squarecrashfrog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoSure, you can definitely argue that the war in Iraq was unnecessary.
I don’t think you can really argue that the war in Afghanistan was “unnecessary.” We were attacked by terrorists from that country, remember?
We were never going to let OBL do 9/11 and then just walk away.
Except we did.
When Bin Laden was cornered in caves in Afghanistan further resources to go after him were denied and sent to Iraq instead. There’s a reason OBL was killed in Pakistan during an entirely different presidential administration.
Sure, you can definitely argue that the war in Iraq was unnecessary.