RE: Is world better without Saddam?
December 30, 2015 at 12:13 pm
(This post was last modified: December 30, 2015 at 12:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I'm not disputing that your predictions, and the predictions of others came true. Entirely the opposite. I'm not disputing that despots the world over "get away with it". I don't subscribe to any of the party bullshit that was bandied around then, about the war, either.
If you'll recall, the question was whether or not I think that the world is a better place without Saddam...I do. The question was not whether I think the world is a better place -for- the failure of the american war effort, I don't. It could have been the one glimmering little spot of light in an otherwise sordid affair. We got this instead though, because fuck us. Did Saddam need to go? Were we in a position to remove Saddam without all the attendant misconduct? Could we have made the decision and done the work to remove him, without also making all of the myriad other decisions and actions which led to the current situation in the middle east, and specifically Iraq? Yes, yes, and yes, imo.
Our incompetence cannot be reduced to one unforgivible mistake, such as entering the war, or removing Saddam, it is the effect of a stunning array of smaller, more mundane sequential failures. Failure stacked atop failure. A fucking shrine to failure around which our political machine gathered to worship and make offerings, lol.
If you'll recall, the question was whether or not I think that the world is a better place without Saddam...I do. The question was not whether I think the world is a better place -for- the failure of the american war effort, I don't. It could have been the one glimmering little spot of light in an otherwise sordid affair. We got this instead though, because fuck us. Did Saddam need to go? Were we in a position to remove Saddam without all the attendant misconduct? Could we have made the decision and done the work to remove him, without also making all of the myriad other decisions and actions which led to the current situation in the middle east, and specifically Iraq? Yes, yes, and yes, imo.
Our incompetence cannot be reduced to one unforgivible mistake, such as entering the war, or removing Saddam, it is the effect of a stunning array of smaller, more mundane sequential failures. Failure stacked atop failure. A fucking shrine to failure around which our political machine gathered to worship and make offerings, lol.
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