[kabar]

Yeah, it would be great to have that maniac Saddam back in power along with his two sociopath sons. Saddam invaded Kuwait and Iran, used WMD twice (against the Kurds and Iran), funded the suicide bombers against Israel, and had lots of money to fund terrorist. Iraq was designated as a state sponsor of terrorism and harbored such terrorists as Abu Nidal.

We were maintaining no-fly zones to protect the Kurds and the Shi'a. I have no doubt that Saddam would have eventually developed nuclear weapons. Israel took out the Osirak nuclear plant in 1981. And anyone who has witnessed the burning oil wells in Kuwait after the Gulf War understands we were dealing with a madman.

[GeronL]

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[Shark24]

Excellent reply. What we are seeing now is Europe in 1946-1947 without an equivalent Marshall Plan with US leadership that would support the countries that need it for at least 50 years of support not 5 months or 5 years. Add the Christian nations versus the Muslim nations dynamics and the present perfect storm has arrived.