Is world better without Saddam?

[Mister Agenda]

I'm a bit appalled to see so many people forget who and what Saddam was.  All anyone is discussing is our embarrassing war.    Perhaps, going forward, we should leave people under their despots and tyrants, the world over, because we're afraid of embarrassing wars, because we worry that something bad might happen if we try to help people, we worry that if we get rid of one terrible cunt :gasp and shock:.........there may be more.

Clearly -all- of that is our fault, and the world and iraq would be a better place if we'd just left it all alone. lol.

The man being an awful brutal genocidal dictator and the region in general being better off with him than without him are not mutually exclusive.

Here's our record: at no point has our meddling in the Middle East clearly resulted in a better situation for the region or us in the long run. We aren't capable of predicting the consequences of our military actions there with any appreciable accuracy. So we have a choice between spending our blood and treasure without knowing the outcome or letting the Middle East steer its own course without us using force to try to get the outcome we want. Of course, we can never take a chance on trying the latter. Doing anything is better than doing nothing, even if nothing turns out not to be such a disaster.