# What should the West do about the present situation in Iraq?

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**Created:** [June 11, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-west-do-about-the-present-situation-in-iraq/690553 "2014-06-11T18:20:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![NotfooledbyW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-west-do-about-the-present-situation-in-iraq/690553/98 "2014-06-14T02:31:07Z")

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> [@For the good of the country, Bush and Cheney should resign.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-good-of-the-country-bush-and-cheney-should-resign/320868/85):
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> I never thought Bush seemed bright enough nor strong enough to accomplish much good. If he attacks a country ruled by a guy who killed a million of his own people, I can live with that. And I would have voted (if I had voted) for him in his last election, just to see that Iraq wasn’t abandoned.

Sorry, it may not be possible to discuss the best way forward for US involvement in Iraq today with someone who may still believe that Bush attacked (in violation of international law) Iraq because Saddam killed a million of his own people.

But being ok with an attack on a sovereign nation ordered by someone not considered to be bright enough to accomplish much good seems to be illogical to me.

Being that far off on a fundamental aspect of the US invasion of Iraq in the first place makes an informative discussion about what should be done today a tall order.

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