Editing Rush Limbaugh (section)

===Middle East===
Limbaugh was supportive of the [[Iraq War]], and first suggested bombing [[Ba'athist Iraq]] in 2002 in revenge for the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name=":3">{{Citation|last=Wilson, John K.|title=The most dangerous man in America : Rush Limbaugh's assault on reason|date=2011|publisher=Blackstone Audio, Inc |isbn=978-1-4417-7930-4|oclc=708594171}}</ref> Even after no [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|Iraqi weapons of mass destruction]] were found, he supported [[WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq|theories]] that they had existed.<ref name=":3" /> On the [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse]] scandal, Limbaugh said, "This is no different than what happens at the [[Skull and Bones]] initiation&nbsp;... And we're going to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/magazine/regarding-the-torture-of-others.html |title=Regarding the Torture of Others |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Susan |last=Sontag |date=May 23, 2004 |access-date=March 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030223633/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/magazine/regarding-the-torture-of-others.html |archive-date=October 30, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/06/opinion/meyer/main616021.shtml |title=Rush: MPs Just 'Blowing Off Steam', Limbaugh: Abuse Story 'Media-Generated': CBS' Meyer Says Beware |work=[[CBS News]] |date=May 6, 2004 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927205258/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/06/opinion/meyer/main616021.shtml}}</ref> Speaking at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference, Limbaugh accused Democratic congressional leaders such as [[Harry Reid]] of deliberately undermining the war effort.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?284357-3/rush-limbaugh-remarks-conservatives|title=Rush Limbaugh Remarks to Conservatives|website=C-SPAN.org|access-date=May 2, 2019|archive-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305150107/https://www.c-span.org/video/?284357-3%2Frush-limbaugh-remarks-conservatives|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the 2019–21 Persian Gulf crisis, Limbaugh praised the [[2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike|2020 Baghdad International Airport drone strike]] that resulted in the death of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]]'s commander Major General [[Qasem Soleimani]], and accused opponents of the strike of supporting [[Iran]] over the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/01/06/american-left-sides-with-iranian-terrorists-over-their-own-country/|title=Why the Left Sides with Iranian Terrorists Over America|website=The Rush Limbaugh Show |access-date=January 12, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112032242/https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/01/06/american-left-sides-with-iranian-terrorists-over-their-own-country/|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 6, 2020, during an interview with President Donald Trump on his show, Limbaugh commended him for the strike.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-interview-rush-limbaugh-january-6-2020|title=Transcript Quote – Interview: Rush Limbaugh Interviews Donald Trump on the Radio – January 6, 2020|website=Factbase |access-date=January 12, 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112013729/https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-interview-rush-limbaugh-january-6-2020}}</ref>