The Iraq War is a significant historical conflict often referenced as a benchmark for modern military operations and geopolitical policy, including the introduction of the Pottery Barn rule. It serves as a formative background for political figures such as the supreme leader and remains a central pillar of the military service history for veterans like Mushtab. The conflict is frequently cited as a point of comparison when evaluating the intensity of current bombing campaigns and regional stability.
“if you look at this chart what you see very clearly is this is much, much smaller than, say, the five aircraft-carrier strike groups that were in the region for the second Gulf War in 2003.”
“The Iraq war you can see overall Well, even though there was some dissent, uh I was part of it, there was some dissent, but still overwhelming support. 72% supported military action in Iraq.”
“They are responsible for hundreds of deaths in the war in Iraq. It was EFP if I recall which is a very specific deadly type of IED that was dramatically more lethal than anything else that was seen on the battlefield.”
“We've gone to several stupid wars in American history. Republicans launched a war preemptively in Iraq and they tried to do it in the most sophisticated way possible.”
“And that turned into a a disastrous quagmire that cost thousands of American lives and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives unleashed to chaos.”
“what you see very clearly is this is much, much smaller than, say, the five aircraft carrier strike groups that were in the region for the second Gulf War in 2003.”
“Uh, this is two times the firepower that we saw over Iraq and shock and awe. These are B-52s dropping 80,000 lb ordinance.”
“So, when we first went into the Iraq war, it had a popularity of 76%.”