Is Iraq war the biggest blunder ever by a President?

Question

I say yes. Remember, there were no WMD's. inspectors found none. This was an unnecessary war that Bush shoved on us by ignoring data that Saddam was no threat. Now, we are in the worse mess since the Vietnam war. Billions spent for this ?

Answer 1

The invasion, while under false pretenses, was actually rather successful, unless of course one was an Iraqi killed, wounded or maimed by collateral damage. However the imperfect planning and implementation of the aftermath of the invasion has been a total fiasco. That we are still mired down in Iraq, will present consequences far beyond the death of the last American serviceman or woman there. The Billions of dollars expended with endless more necessary before we find the wisdom and wherewithal to extricate our troops from this quagmire, will long remind our offspring of the magnitude of this president's blunder. Definitely the greatest error foisted upon America by any President.

Answer 2

To you this may be, but if you study American History as I do...it does not even rate in the top 10...

I think the biggest blunder, that in all reality had a one thing good happen from it was Lincoln's decision force the South back into the Union...slavery did need to be abolished, but most historians agree that it was on it's way out because the South was seeing how the North ran their business...you know...hiring an employee, but he had to pay to live in your housing and had to shop at your stores...so you may had paid him $20 a month, but you got it all back...so in all reality Lincoln was personally responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans on both sides, and the tension that still exists between the North and South today...look at the questions where someone calls all Southerners "Rednecks" and "Unintelligent"

Many Presidents have made some blunders...that is because they are human...Kennedy could have gotten rid of Castro, but he chose not to help with the "Bay of Pigs"....

Clinton did not respond to any of the terrorist attacks under his watch, when emboldened them to do 9/11...

Grant was a drunk who set out to exterminate all the Native Americans...I think that is a lot worse than anything the Liberal have said Bush has done...

I will end with, do you own research...and I am not talking about web sites...find out for yourself...then come up with a answer...

Answer 3

this question develop into asked, verbatim, some weeks in the past. The concluding answer develop into no, that is not any longer the biggest blunder via a president. the biggest blunder develop right into a tie between JFK's determination to journey in a convertible and Lincoln's determination to soak up a teach.

Answer 4

History will tell....
In a letter written by John Nicolay in March 1861 to his fiancee he wrote about the frustration he felt over the unpopularity of Abe Lincoln and the Civil War :
, Nicolay wrote that "I become disgusted with all the glaring faults, the hollowness and heartlessness of the great crowd of people of both sexes whom I meet and see..."
Lincoln popularity plummeted .. The population was angry because they thought the war would be short.. It lasted four years,over 600,000 battle casualties , with another million and more dead from disease via infected wounds, malnutrition, inadequate medical attention.

WWI was so unpopular that a person could be jailed just for giving out anti-war leaflets. In 1920 the US reduced the size of its military from 1,172,601 in 1919 to 343.000 due to the public opposition to war.
The Ji had will not give up and neither will Bush, he is the right leader .. The Democrats under rate the
Ji Hadist that's why they applauded the Democratic victory.

Answer 5

I think history will show this in a different light than we see it now. The biggest blunder ever.....there are a lot of contenders, but we are still paying for the Bay of Pigs blunder and certainly Kennedy's decision to use the convertible had major ramifications on the last 40+ years. I don't understand the rush to judgement and eagerness to see us lose in Iraq.

Answer 6

Biggest blunder and the biggest pack of lies told by an Administration. A nice legacy Bush has left everyone, with Presidents like Bush who needs enemies?

Answer 7

What ever in the world makes you think he blundered into this war? This was no blunder, this was on purpose. This war was planned many years ago. Our government knew where the oil was, knew we were going to need it; so planed this war long ago. We just were duped into believing that it was to oust Hussen, the evil ruler! No way, it was & is about the oil.

Answer 8

“I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was one of my top priorities. I applaud the President on focusing on this issue and on taking the lead to disarm Saddam Hussein. … Others have talked about this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons.”

Nancy Pelosi
Addressing the US Senate
October 10, 2002

Answer 9

I would say it ranks very near the top.
Some other nominees for biggest blunder ever by a President would be Vietnam and Bay of Pigs.

Answer 10

It depends on how it turns out. If it turns out well, which it isn't at this point through no fault of our people in the services, then it will be hailed by historian as a bold policy move with historic consequences. If it goes badly, then it will be a calamotous policy move with historic consequances.