Originally Posted by Slutboat

We turned the most secular country in the middle east into a theocracy.

And since when have we in the states ever been anti-dictator? We have always supported and propped up, even installed, many dictators around the world and we continue to do so.

Under Saddam:
Women and girls to school and went everywhere with their heads uncovered - now they would likely be murdered for trying a stunt like that in most parts of Iraq. Is this what we in the US consider progress?

now....there is NO GOVERNMENT, just a chaotic patchwork of various religious factions parcelling out the country. The security apparatus is a wholly separate entity from the government - and the Shi'a are in control now - for those of you that don't know, Iran happens to also have a Shi'a theocracy. So basically we took out the one force holding back Iran, Saddam Hussein, and we handed it over to the Shi'a crazys.

Iraq is now a theocrazy.

Thanks Bush you semi-retarded war criminal. Thanks for a great 8 years.


Here are some little tidbits from Wiki:
To the consternation of Islamic conservatives, Saddam's government gave women added freedoms and offered them high-level government and industry jobs. Saddam also created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Saddam abolished the Sharia courts, except for personal injury claims.

Within just a few years, Iraq was providing social services that were unprecedented among Middle Eastern countries. Saddam established and controlled the "National Campaign for the Eradication of Illiteracy" and the campaign for "Compulsory Free Education in Iraq," and largely under his auspices, the government established universal free schooling up to the highest education levels; hundreds of thousands learned to read in the years following the initiation of the program. The government also supported families of soldiers, granted free hospitalization to everyone, and gave subsidies to farmers. Iraq created one of the most modernized public-health systems in the Middle East, earning Saddam an award from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).[27][28]
To diversify the largely oil-based Iraqi economy, Saddam implemented a national infrastructure campaign that made great progress in building roads, promoting mining, and developing other industries. The campaign revolutionized Iraq's energy industries. Electricity was brought to nearly every city in Iraq, and many outlying areas.