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Saddam created fertile ground for ISIS by killing everyone that opposed his power, leaving no legitimate civilian infrastructure. The reason ISIS and AlQ could rise in Iraq post-Saddam is his obliteration of social capital (leaders, free thinkers, independent professionals, independent scientists, etc). One way or another, one day or another, Saddam would lose power and we'd see what we see today. There was no avoiding it; it's his fault. He could not perpetually fill the void he intentionally created to sustain his tyranny.
Saddam did not create fertile ground for isis, the exact mentality of isis has existed as long as recorded history exists in that region, saddam just kept that mentality at bay.
Al quaeda rose in iraq because of a vacuum of power, much the same would happen in america if the govt failed or was overthrown you would see every radical forming militias to sieze power. This region of the world has always tried to fight one another, and has needed govt different from the west to keep peace and to prebvent genocide, saddam creating them through robbing social capital is one of the worst arguments I have ever heard, and is most likely made from someone who has never spent any time in that region of the world.
And it is not just the middle east, it is africa and eastern europe who need an iron fisted govt, one day they can make democracy work for them, but forcing western democracy and overthrowing govts that work over there has been the entire problem.