The War in Iraq is a failure

US trained and funded Osama bin Laden

After September 11, 2001, President Bush told the nation that others hate us because they hate our love for freedom and liberty... or do they?
• 1980s: The US trains Osama bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. The CIA provides Osama bin Laden with $3 billion.
• 2000-01: The US gives the oppressive Taliban-ruled government of Afghanistan $245 Million in aid.
• 2001: On September 11, Osama bin Laden uses his expert CIA training to engineer the murder over 3,000 Americans (9-11).
• 2001 After their refusal to turn over suspected terrorist, Osama bin Laden, the US invades Afghanistan overthrowing the Taliban-ruled government. Guerrilla opposition continues.
• 2003: As of September, the US holds 660 suspected terrorists from 43 countries at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Some of these prisoners have been held in Guantanamo for nearly two years without charges.
• Meanwhile, Osama bin Laden remains free.

US actions in Iraq have killed over 1.2 million civilians

• 1983: US secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis (Iran-Contra hearings in 1986).
• 1984: Despite UN reports confirming Iraq using chemical warfare weapons, the US restored formal relations with Iraq.
• 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait using weapons from the US.
• 1991: Bush re-instates the dictatorship of Kuwait. US estimates of Iraqi dead exceed 750,000.
• 1991-2003: US planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. UN estimates 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions.
• 2003: The US invade Iraq. Guerrilla opposition kills more US troops during 2003 than were killed during the first three years of the Vietnam War. American soldiers are still being killed by people who don't want them in their countries.