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Originally posted by CamChicks
How do we know the people Saddam was busy killing aren't the same kind of people we're busy killing now? He fought a brutal fight against fundamentalists who wanted Iraq to be a theocracy all throughout his presidency. As we continue to do, and as the new Iraqi govt will continue to do. I can't guess which regime will have the lowest incidence of innocent collateral damage. So far, we've been killing random civilians at a much fater rate.
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ding ding ding.. we have a winner.
Pre 1st gulf war and sanctions Iraq wasn't a bad place under Saddam, he spent billions from the oil money on giving Iraqis the best literacy rates, health and technology in the Middle East... Sure he kinda fucked it up by going nutball, but it's moronic to suggest that Iraq was always fucked up under Saddam's rule.
At least he hated the same people we hate... the fundamentalists were the single greatest threat to his power.
In the long run if Iraq doesn't have a shiite islamic revolution and does calm down it will be a better place though, and certainly a better place than it has been for the last 15 years.. but it's too early yet to tell.
If the US could have just waited for the UN and gone in with peacekeeper back up we probably wouldn't be in the shit storm we're in.. America is great as the Iron fist that crushes military resistance, but almost useless when it comes to the cultural sensitivity needed for peacekeeping and occupation.