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Originally Posted by Haak
1) Just because America screwed up the occupation doesn't neccessarily mean they just shouldn't have intervened. It just means they screwed up the occupation. Had they got their counter-insurgency strategy right from the beggining, then Iraq probably wouldn't have most of the problems it has now.
2) And there's no guaruntee that the Arab spring would've solved everything. For one thing it hasn't solved Syria. And it hasn't neccessairly solved Libya either.
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1) They really shouldn't have invaded Iraq. It was an enormous money drain and created an enemy US never actually needs.
Though yes, at least had they sent more troops in number according to the suggestion of the military experts US could've pacified the country sooner. But even that wouldn't have been good enough
2) Maybe, but the extent of economic devastation and social radicalization by a period of military violence that Iraq has suffered now could've been prevented. It's a plus.