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Is the world a better place without Saddam Hussein?

Is the world a better place without Saddam Hussein?


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nor is the Mideast for that matter.

I think you have to blame Obama for that........His love relationship for the Arab countries have made them much more bolder no longer afraid of the U.S. The worse is giving 250,000,000 dollars to a radical islamic country.
 
I think you have to blame Obama for that........His love relationship for the Arab countries have made them much more bolder no longer afraid of the U.S. The worse is giving 250,000,000 dollars to a radical islamic country.

I do to some extent, but Bush 2 really cocked it up. pretty shakespearean when you consider his dad did a lot to calm the region down.
 
(shrug)...not to the extent that it makes the invasion of Iraq justified.

true enough...

you know my stance on this... a single bullet would have been far preferable to a costly invasion/occupation. ( I have zero problem with Congress granting a letters of marque and reprisal)

it's a very good thing that the tyrant is dead... his sons too.
 
"Car bombs and roadside blasts have killed at least 56 people and hundreds injured across the Iraqi capital Baghdad and elsewhere, police and hospital sources have said.

Security forces stepped up searches at checkpoints after the attack on Tuesday, closing off key roads and worsening the capital's morning gridlock, a reporter for the AFP news agency said.


Co-ordinated attacks targeted markets, restaurants, bus stops and day labourers during the morning rush hour

Along with 56 killed, over 200 people were wounded in the attacks on the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, also said a suicide bomber has detonated his vest in a restaurant near Mosul.

At least ten car bombs, including two detonated by suicide bombers, one roadside bomb and two gun attacks struck in and around the Iraqi capital during the morning rush hour on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion... "

A veritable jewel of democracy.

Series of bomb blasts kill scores in Baghdad - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

No one said this thing would be easy........Some would say that Obama to appease his far left base brought the troops home way to early.
 
"Car bombs and roadside blasts have killed at least 56 people and hundreds injured across the Iraqi capital Baghdad and elsewhere, police and hospital sources have said.

Security forces stepped up searches at checkpoints after the attack on Tuesday, closing off key roads and worsening the capital's morning gridlock, a reporter for the AFP news agency said.


Co-ordinated attacks targeted markets, restaurants, bus stops and day labourers during the morning rush hour

Along with 56 killed, over 200 people were wounded in the attacks on the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, also said a suicide bomber has detonated his vest in a restaurant near Mosul.

At least ten car bombs, including two detonated by suicide bombers, one roadside bomb and two gun attacks struck in and around the Iraqi capital during the morning rush hour on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion... "

A veritable jewel of democracy.

Series of bomb blasts kill scores in Baghdad - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

for a second here, I thought the article was about Chicago...
 
On the anniversary of the Iraq war the question begs to be asked.

No! Emphatically no. He was not worth 4500 dead GIs. 50,000 wounded. Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. Millions of displaced Iraqis. Persecution of Iraqi Christians. A new ariistocracy in Iraq. Deformed Iraqi babies at record levels. Iraqi cancer rates increased tenfold. He was a despot who provided a modicum of stability in the MidEast and would not sell the USA his OIL, but we have caused worse. It's a simple NO when you use logic and common sense.
 
....by Islamic extremists.... "convert or die"

a bunch of them moved to Iran, fwiw.

Syria too. I'm confused as to how we can be at war with Islamic extremists and yet they can seem to thrive so well as a result of our policy.
 
Considering the cost in blood and treasure, I had no choice to vote NO. It's been recently estimated the ultimate cost to be $2.2 Trillion 4500 of our troops died there; thousands of our troops received life altering injuries. Including Iraqis, 190,000 people died in the war, which is enough to complexly fill every seat of Yankee Statium 4 times.
 
Is the world a better place without those 4300 brave Americans who died to oust Sadaam? How about the 20,000 who lost limbs?
 
No! Emphatically no. He was not worth 4500 dead GIs. 50,000 wounded. Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. Millions of displaced Iraqis. Persecution of Iraqi Christians. A new ariistocracy in Iraq. Deformed Iraqi babies at record levels. Iraqi cancer rates increased tenfold. He was a despot who provided a modicum of stability in the MidEast and would not sell the USA his OIL, but we have caused worse. It's a simple NO when you use logic and common sense.

I agree, Dave...

For just the money alone spent in Iraq and Afghanistan (not counting the loss of life, which can't be calculated in terms of money) - the U.S. could have created a nationwide security system so elaborate, so thorough, so effective that it would prevent the second coming of christ...well, if such an event was ever possible...and somehow inside of the U.S. You get the gist.

How cool of a national security system could be built for say...$3 trillion buckitos? I think it would be beyond Big Brother's wildest dreams.

Every type of transportation coming into the U.S...could probably employ 1 security person for every 1 passenger...for eons...and not come close to costing $3 trillion bucks.
 
Is the world a better place without those 4300 brave Americans who died to oust Sadaam? How about the 20,000 who lost limbs?

l wasnt aware of the number of soldiers that died in ıraq . l wish the world was a better place with saddam or without saddam
 
Is the world better off without Saddam Hussain? Yes.
Is the world better off without Osama Bin Laden? Yes, again.

Is the world better off without the thousands of ordinary Iraqis who died as a result of the war? No.
Is the world better off without the American soldiers who died? No.

Will Iraq be better off if they can actually achieve democracy? Without a doubt.
Is there a likelihood that Iraq will be a democracy in our lifetime? Good question. I'm not optimistic.

There are several questions that have to be asked about Iraq and the wider "war on terror".
 
No! Emphatically no. He was not worth 4500 dead GIs. 50,000 wounded. Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. Millions of displaced Iraqis. Persecution of Iraqi Christians. A new ariistocracy in Iraq. Deformed Iraqi babies at record levels. Iraqi cancer rates increased tenfold. He was a despot who provided a modicum of stability in the MidEast and would not sell the USA his OIL, but we have caused worse. It's a simple NO when you use logic and common sense.

I can agree. Bastard wasn't worth American lives.
 
Syria too. I'm confused as to how we can be at war with Islamic extremists and yet they can seem to thrive so well as a result of our policy.

oh, i'm not confused....our government isn't very good at such things.... hell, look at what they do with the war on drugs and poverty, 100+ years later and we have more drugs and poor people than ever...and that's in our own front yard :lol:

seriously, we can't end extreme bigotry...we can't end terrorism... we simply can't defeat crazy.
 
Sure. Is it better off having sacrificed thousands upon thousands of lives and billions of dollars? Not so much.
 
true enough...

you know my stance on this... a single bullet would have been far preferable to a costly invasion/occupation. ( I have zero problem with Congress granting a letters of marque and reprisal)

it's a very good thing that the tyrant is dead... his sons too.

Although multiple assassination attempts failed, this wasn't for lack of trying.
 
wow.. 3 Saddam supporters so far...

surprising

The idea that removing Saddam would somehow bring about the "blooming of a 1000 flowers" of democracy was pollyannish in the best fantasy, psychotically delusional in reality...............
 
wow.. 3 Saddam supporters so far...

surprising

Let's go ahead and get every bad guy in the world!

There were bigger fish to fry then Saddam. Add to that our governments deception and cover ups as to the reason we went to war makes the the whole situation just a tad worse.

But, you're use of "Saddam supporters" to anyone who said that the world was not a better place without Saddam is classic. Did Saddam deserve thousands of Americans dead, thousands and thousands of civilians dead, and trillions of dollars?

No.
 
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WOW, 13 people who are not concerned that 4500 of our brave troops are dead.

surprising

well, that took some mental gymnastics... considering that is not the question posed in this thread.

go back and read the poll question...

here, I'll help you out....

"Is the world a better place without Saddam Hussein?"

your answer... No.
 
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