RE: Is world better without Saddam?
December 30, 2015 at 4:56 pm
(This post was last modified: December 30, 2015 at 4:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't stop eating my breakfast at the news that another dozen people have died in the US either. If you want to repeat the word reality, then I'll remind you that the reality of Saddam, and the reality of whatever stability he was able to provide...was grim. I'm also disappointed that this was a war for profit. I also see the campaign we undertook as a futile endeavor. The devil we knew was still the devil, and getting rid of him was a good idea. Preventing the current implosion of the region was not impossible, either before or after he was deposed. The argument can be made that the implosion of the region was not, itself, possible before or without our interventions (and specifically our fuckups).
Again, had we been truly committed to regime change, and the Iraqi people, I feel that we could have done a world of good. Plans to do that, a method, a system of action. That did and does exist. I've seen us do good, I've done it. The reason that it fell apart was not because we removed a brutal dictator, it was because we were not, in actuality, committed to regime change or the Iraqi people. Our commitment lay elsewhere. I don't hope to change your position on the actions we undertook, I share your position.
Again, had we been truly committed to regime change, and the Iraqi people, I feel that we could have done a world of good. Plans to do that, a method, a system of action. That did and does exist. I've seen us do good, I've done it. The reason that it fell apart was not because we removed a brutal dictator, it was because we were not, in actuality, committed to regime change or the Iraqi people. Our commitment lay elsewhere. I don't hope to change your position on the actions we undertook, I share your position.
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