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There's a huge difference between the Iran hostage fiasco and Iraq. The Iran situation developed over many years of American meddling only to land on Carter's lap. He didn't handle it well, I guess and the States suffered a big loss of status but he didn't cause the problem, he inherited it.
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Bush didn't cause 9/11...he inherited it. (well unless you believe in the conspiracies running amok that it was actually soear-headed by the Neo cons) We can play this game all day though.
Doesn't detract from what I stated however....former Presidents, as a rule, do not criticize sitting ones, especially on policy. Its just a very rare thing to do.
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Iraq is another ball of wax. Saddam was an irritant but hardly a threat to the USA and Bush took advantage of the 9/11 scare to invade. He took a good will towards America situation which he could have used to bring Osama and his ilk to bay, instead he brought the USA to become maybe, the most hated nation in the world. Not exactly leading his country in spreading world peace and democracy. Peace and democracy isn't spread by causing more wars it's spread by example. A slow process, I admit but petty leaders, like Bush have been trying their way for thousands of years and it just doesn't work.
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That's nice. Doesn't have a thing to do with what I said though.