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Originally Posted by cmac2012
The guy kept a lid on things but to call him a great leader in any way is a big stretch. He adored Stalin and did him proud. Did you ever see the video of the meeting when he called out the former associates he accused of plotting against him, and had them taken out and shot?
His attacking Iran and Kuwait out of simple ambition and greed was beyond the pale.
Course, at least part of our motive for invading Iraq (most of it, I'd wager) was a desire to keep Japan, China, and Europe our ***** by making them deal with us to get Iraqi oil, with an eye to mounting a duplicate swift and tidy conquest of Iran, placing Iranian oil under our purview as well.
Of course, we're the good guys, so our ambition and greed is different.
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Of course, CMAC, you've got the hard proof of the US's "...desire to keep Japan, China, and Europe our ***** by making them deal with us to get Iraqi oil, with an eye to mounting a duplicate swift and tidy conquest of Iran, placing Iranian oil under our purview as well."
Your opinion.
My opinion? You're very anti-US.
What was so great about Saddam? The guy was a two-faced ba$tard from the word "GO" and his life was full of examples. The fact that ANYONE did business w/the guy is surprising in itself. Why are we arguing about his freaking life?
He might have "told" us something the world didn't already know?
Saddam was a swarmy little ba$tard that managed to stay in power with death and deception. And if it served his purpose, he'd throw in a few terrorists along the way. Why not stir the pot up a little and keep everyone guessing your next move.
I bet Bush-43 said "To hell w/him," and his little UN-games and went ahead and "offed" his dreams.
I don't like the idea that terrorists are able to be financed by whatever source that has a hair-up-its-@$$ and figures that it has no culpability when the terrorists strike.
Anyone that ignores that aspect of terror is an idiot.
If Saddam has been proven to supply just one cent towards terror, then its a good thing that he's dead...let that be a warning to others that have supported terror w/dollars.
If they're identified - let the blade fall.
And if you're going to argue that we can't follow the dollar and fault the giver - I'll show you the tapes from the Nurnberg trials...
Or did you forget that little episode in history?
Hasn't it been said, "To the victor goes the record of history."
I want to be on the winning side for a loooooong time.