Despite the hindsight regarding the initial reasons for the invasion, the mission was right because the regime was responsible for brutal atrocities against thousands of people.

“and right wrong indifferent you know as a soldier as a service member you're an extension of US foreign policy right and you are there to do what they ask you to do and we were asked to complete a mission and we did and so even years later with all the hindsight on the Iraq War I still think that wh”

He believes the invasion of Iraq was a catastrophic error and that containment would have been the better policy.

“I think it was a catastrophic error. And it it'd be interesting to try to examine how you got yourself in the headspace and you've begun to suggest some of the history that led up to it and why you thought this this stuff.”

He continues to support the decision to invade Iraq taken by Tony Blair while acknowledging the anger it caused.

“I said well I'll answer it yes I stand by him and yes I do understand why people are angry I do and I do understand that”

Tim Dillon views the Iraq War as a failed and deceptive attempt to democratize the Middle East, driven by political dishonesty.

“he was the first black person who told a big lie about iraq and he knew it was a lie and we respect colin powell because that's the game of politics is lying i mean and he did it well”

The US invasion of Iraq was an unjustified, illegal, and immoral act of aggression that caused massive civilian death and widespread destruction.

“they unjustifiably invaded Iraq they knew that it was [ __ ] [ __ ] they lied to the entire International Community they went and they bombed the [ __ ] out of Baghdad they bombed so many parts of Iraq they destroyed the lives of millions of Iraqi civilians”

He characterizes the war in Iraq as a money-making scheme for politicians and businessmen that primarily results in suffering for the troops.

“my opinion of war is a money making scheme for politicians and businessmen and the ones that suffer the ones that suffer are the troops on the ground”

Grey claims that the praise and gratitude civilians offer veterans for their service in Iraq is insincere or false.

“even today even to today man if I tell someone about time in the service uh you know they'll give me the obligatory thank you for your service and so many of them tell me that you know I'm a hero or uh you know they wish they could have done what I did and it's all [ __ ] it is all it's all [ __ ]”

The war in Iraq was justified by false pretenses and ultimately failed to achieve its stated objectives of bringing democracy or stability.

“I don't think anybody thinks the United States won the war in Iraq. Even Tony Blair, one of the most important architects of that war, one of the probably the single most important salesman of the war internationally admitted afterward that not only were there no mass weapons of mass destruction, bu”