@oralloy,
Quote: But I really don't get why the Iraq war bothers people so much.
...Because as a major power USA blundered into who and how 'we' backed their scummy leader and then slaughtered him while bungling even worse while trying to do a regime change. as truly bad as he was, he kept the lid on the factions.
... and since that time..it is the center of a growing ME powder keg that has the potential to be a trigger toward WW III.
Oh, BTW, they're (IRAQ) cranking out oil like gangbusters. At the same time, Russia builds up its military and is in an expansionist mode.
Need I say more?
"The plot sickens!"