National Review (October 9, 2006, p. 4) is upset with Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), the lead Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Not only has he said that the Iraq War he voted for was badly planned and badly fought, and that the Bush administration lied its way into it, he also uttered the unmentionable and unthinkable: “The world would be better off today if the United States had never invaded Iraq — even if it means Saddam Hussein would still be running Iraq.”
Well, I can think of some people that would be better off:
- Between 43,799 and 48,639 Iraqi civilians
- 20,468 wounded American soldiers
- 2,737 dead American soldiers
All figures are from the Antiwar.com Casualties in Iraq page.