The international press would have heard of car bombs leveling marketplaces and would have seen tanks and the Republican Guards in the streets of Baghdad and other cities. If the press wouldn't have reported what's happening, travelers and the Iranians would have.
I'm not suggesting that we do like what Saddam did, however, terrorists and their enablers are not afraid of us because they know that we respect our values.
My point is that the violent history of Iraq dictates the use of extreme force inside and outside Iraq (bomb Iran) if you want to prevail. That said, the situation is aggravated by al Qa'eda and the Iranian mullahs.
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Or that we are so insipidly stupid that we jail our soldiers for having a little fun with the enemy by putting panties on their heads.
Are you sure? CNN, remember, now admits to submitting to Hussein's censorship in order to maintain access. Did we get reports that would suggest the 400 mass graves we have found? I don't remember seeing anything from the BBC in the 1990s about Hussein wiping out hundreds of people every so often.