[CharlesOConnell]

We're supposed to keep in mind how much worse things are now than under Saddam Hussein, but under his regime, about 40% of the Iraqi population were forcibly recruited into the state security apparatus, spying on their neighbors on pain of death if they didn't produce actionable intelligece.

[dp0622]

to be fair though, there are an awful lot of countries that are just as bad that we don’t invade. One thing I do believe is the mishandling of the occupation by the administration led to the election of the worst and most dangerous president in American history