Half right. Libya had been tamed, thanks in no small measure to our work in Iraq. Iraq, otoh, was a destabilizing threat to the region and our ally Israel. Taking Hussein out was the right thing to do.
>>Half right. Libya had been tamed, thanks in no small measure to our work in Iraq. Iraq, otoh, was a destabilizing threat to the region and our ally Israel. Taking Hussein out was the right thing to do.<<
Hussein was a pain in a butt, sure. But is it any better right now there?
“otoh, was a destabilizing threat to the region and our ally Israel. Taking Hussein out was the right thing to do.”
Hussein wasn’t an Islamist. The Ba’athist Party he belonged to was an pan-Arabic party with roots in Socialism. Hussein admired Stalin, not Mohammed.
The result of removing Hussein has been to give Shia Islam a second sphere of influence and Shiite Islam is a far greater threat to Israel than Baathism ever was.