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I've said it before and no doubt I will have to say it again ...Amazing how many people seem to think that if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq that everything would be wonderful in the Middle East today.
Have they forgotten
1) Saddam Hussein was responsible for the deaths of nearly TWO MILLION people (and yeah, I can provide a source on that)
2) Saddam Hussein had invaded two of his neighbors and launched ballistic missiles into four of them.
3) Saddam Hussein required near continuous U.S. patrolling to contain for TWELVE years
Plus
4) Saddam Hussein required at least three significant U.S. bombing campaigns in the 1990s to "contain".
5) Saddam Hussein continually attacked the Kurds in the north and the Shi'ites in the south of Iraq requiring the U.S. and British to provide near constant no fly zone protection.
How is that "stability"?
Saddam was an asshole and he was our asshole.
The US put he and his party in power.
US and British Support for Hussein Regime