[rmlew]

Fact: Saddam kept Jihadists out of Iraq.
Nope. He was training and working with Sunni ones against Iran and the US.
Fact: Mubarak kept Jihadists under control in Egypt.
Yes. Self preservation.

Fact: Gadhaffi kept Jihadists under control in Libaya.
Yes. Self Preservation.

Rand Paul is right on this. These bad dictators were/are bad people but did not send suicide bombers to United States.
Libya used communist terrorists. Much better. I opposed all of these wars, but Rand doesn't get the threat. Saying we messed things up and should leave ignores the actual threats.

[entropy12]

Saddam never was the enemy until Bush-41 dislodged hin from Kuwait. We should have let Iraq & Kuwait fight it out. It matters little who owns the oil wells. They all must sell oil to whoever can buy it. That war was the beginning of all the mess we have now.