Quote:Nobody said that Saddam Hussein was responsible for what happened on 9/11.  Here are the facts.

 

1.  Saddam Hussein was using WMD on his own people and committing genocide.  The genocide thing is the same thing that Kim Jong Il was doing to his own people in Korea.  Were we wrong to get involved in that conflict?

 

2.  Saddam Hussein had previously invaded another country, thus destabilizing the region and threatening not only our supply of oil, but supplies to the rest of the world.

 

3.  The current mess in Iraq is a result of not following plans in the country once Saddam Hussein was removed.  The "bring our boys home" crowd along with the change of Presidency is what has caused the results that we see now in that country.

 

I guess my point of view is different than most people because a) I served during the first "Gulf War" and have spent most of my post-military career working closely with the military, and am privy to some stuff that the average person isn't.  I can't and wont go into detail, but let's just say that I understand why we do certain things with our military in this and other regions.

We are talking about the same Sadaam the US armed and funded at one time... To fight Iran I guess. Now Iran is an ally by proxy fighting ISIS. So..we fight and kill someone one day, then align with them another. Makes sense in a somewhat insane thought process.

I too am privy to some information which isn't shared publicly. And I can assure you, many guys who were there realized within a few weeks that they were whizzing in the proverbial dust storm. Akin to a veterinarian trying and trying to change spots on a leopard.

It's a dirty world. Speculation on invasions include greed, power, oil, redemption, revenge. If we invaded every area of the world who was run by a piece of [BAD WORD REMOVED] it would be 24/7/365 conflict.

We will agree to disagree. Sadaam was the devil we knew. Knocking him out has done zippo but totally destabilize the region to what only be termed as chaos.

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