President Obama took heat from both sides of the political aisle for his Iraq speech last night. Conservative Republicans criticized him for failing to give President Bush credit for the surge in troops, while Liberal Democrats criticized him for failing to hold the Bush Administration accountable for the decision to invade Iraq. I thought that Obama played it about right. Now that the combat phase is officially over, what is your take on the Iraq war? Was it worth invading Iraq? I realize that Saddam Hussein was evil, but he was contained. There were no weapons of mass destruction, Iraq had no ties to al Queda and they didn’t invade us on 9/11, Iran has gotten worse now that Iraq isn’t there as a buffer, thousands of U.S. troops and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were killed during the war, and the U.S. spent over 1 trillion dollars on the war. What’s your take on Obama’s speech and whether the Iraq war was worth it? Please comment below. (Photo from the Christian Science Monitor).
