How will the war be defined? Since years of war are generally summarized in a few paragraphs, what will be the general lesson taught about the war in Iraq?
Do you think Bush will be declared a hero in the history books or will be openly outed as an epic fail?|||Good question. I think it still has a lot to do with the how Iraq goes, and what ends up happening with Al-Qaeda, and America's standing in the world 50 years from now.
If Al-qaeda still exists in 50 years, the USA never gets its "swagger back" economically and diplomatically and Iraq becomes more like Lebanon than say other western democracies, and the Palestinian state issue is not resolved... It will be remembered as a failure.
This is where Obama can rescue the War and Bush presidency. If he can reverse course and crush Al-qaeda, get our economy and standing in the world back on track and find an answer to the Palestinian Statehood issue, Iraq may become a minor blip in the history books. But, if those issues are still around, Iraq will be remembered as the cause. Because, it was where our eyes were from 2003-2006 while the housing bubble built up, the Palestinian Uprising reoccurred, the Lebanese Israeli war occurred, and Al-qaeada was able to bomb from Iraq to northern/western Africa and over western Europe.
So, in my view, it really does not matter how well Iraq does, it matters how well the 3 or 4 issues it eclipsed pan out.
Like WWII, the fact that the USA sat on the sidelines and war-mongered for profit while our allies had burning cities for a couple years is forgotten. That really is a low point in American History. But, FDR is basically let off the hook in all history books. Canada, Australia, most of Latin America and even many of the Arab provinces rose up to fight Hitler, Italy and Japan. While the USA sat on the sidelines. Think, even if the USA had won the Pacific, but the allies and Russia lost in Europe, there would be a huge stain on FDR and the American brand across the globe.|||it depends on who writes the books. If it's a bunch of leftist communist douche bags, it'll be defined the way the media defines it now.
if it's not it will be defined as a war that the united states military won easily, with minimal civilian casualties... ( like it really was)|||Introducing Democracy to what was a ruthless dictatorship. Allowing Iraqis to live a life that many who complain about the war take for granted. That's only if Bin Laden gets captured, though.
People want to bring up GITMO and Abu Ghraib as well, but FDR threw the Japs into internment camps and the history books don't mention him in that way.|||You remember Hitler and Hideki Tōjō right?
They were Dictators of Germany and Japan. Now Germany and Japan are democracies and our most favored trading partners.
I think Iraq has a lot of smart people there and once they realize they will get a lot richer by becoming a great nation, they will try to do a lot better than if Al Qaeda had pursued their plans and taken over to install a worldwide Caliphate from Iraq.
Oh yea, and the world will be better off too. Forgot that tidbit. So, hope that this new President doesn't sabotage all the hard work our government has done to bring peace to the Iraqis and the world.
Good luck with Obama and world peace in the future.|||As a mistake. Bush will be remembered as a failure, though I'm not sure if I agree that he'll be remembered as the worst president of all time, as opposed to one of them.|||It depends on how the liberal book publishers wish to rewrite history like they have done with everything else.|||Hopefully the schools will just tell the truth, and history wil be fair about it all. I'm glad my son will never ask me if I voted for Bush.|||We'll probably just forget about it. When's the last time you heard about the Philippine-American war? That was just as much of a disgrace and quagmire.|||Just as N Chamberlain supporters.and he had millions of them have gone down in history as cowards and fools so well Mr Bush haters|||The looting and destruction of the cradle of civilization by a US Administration for a fossil fuel that no one uses anymore|||Depends what school they go to private milatary schools he will be define as a demi-god. Public schools a freakin pirate.|||Billions lost, thousands dead, and a shoe to the head.|||To give them democracy.|||A tremendous mistake|||Why so serious?
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