Bush's Invasion of Iraq Emboldened the Enemy

With polls showing that a majority of Americans believe it was a mistake for the United States to invade Iraq and with many Democrats calling for a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops, Rumsfeld called the Iraq war the "epicenter" of the struggle against terrorism. Last week, Bush said that setting a timetable for a troop withdrawal would embolden the enemy and cause chaos in Iraq and throughout the region


Bush emboldened the enemy when he and his neocons chose to invade Iraq. Both Iran and Iraq were natural enemies. That longer exists. Bush seems to forget.