Bush did it, check.
Actually, I am not disagreeing, the war in Iraq was a mistake. As you remember, I supported it. There was intel on WMD, Saddam did nothing to dispel that, and I am naïve when it comes to helping people under the boot of a dictator. You know, the whole "if someone had shot Hitler in 1934"*; but we who thought the people of Iraq had some kind of sense and vision would have seized the chance to become a free and prosperous country...overestimated them by a mile.
As well as did not understand all the crazy religiousosity, middle ages customs and sectarian hatred. But, I guess if you want to go back just a little further, European colonization....
But that aside, there have been wars, famines, and desperation in Africa and the Muddle East for decades, that's not new. What is new is the current and growing migration pattern. One analyst on NPR said that these thousands of migrants are only the tip of the spear, the hardy first pilgrims who will face death to get there. He said once Europe begins to open the doors and make the path safer and resettle the migrants, a real flood will begin.
We have Mexico and Central America, you guys are facing the wave of the rest of the third world.