Not saying Saddam was a saint, far from it. But he wasn’t 1/10th of the threat that Iran is.
Absolutely correct. Same goes for Gaddafi.
*Not saying Saddam was a saint, far from it. But he wasn’t 1/10th of the threat that Iran is/Absolutely correct. Same goes for Gaddafi.*
So why did we pick Saddam to finish off? Gaddafi’s takeout gave us boat people to Europe.
Hindsight is 20-20. What if Saddam ‘was allowed’ to keep Kuwait and threaten the Saudis as ‘41 convinced them? Gotta admit the coalition building was skillful and the overseeing of the USSR’s dispersing their nukes hill never gain him the credit.
HW kicked Saddam out of Kuwait - W Bush’s invading Sunni moslem Iraq helped the Shia Mullahs that Jimmy Carter helped earlier.