[Drew68]

The dirty little secret that nobody wants to talk about is that Saddam Hussein was far more effective at dealing with radical Muslims in Iraq than were the @ssholes in the U.S. government who invaded Iraq and toppled his government in 2003.

I agree. The invasion of Iraq was a mistake, I believe. Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. Rumsfeld's disbanding of the Iraqi military as part of his 'de-Bathification" program was a further disaster.

I have no problem blaming Obama for his many failures but I can't in good conscience blame him for the mess that became of Iraq. Bush owns this one.

All this being said, Saddam's days were numbered regardless of what we did. When practically every family in Iraq knows someone who "disappeared" under Saddam's regime, change would be coming.

[Alberta's Child]

All this being said, Saddam's days were numbered regardless of what we did. When practically every family in Iraq knows someone who "disappeared" under Saddam's regime, change would be coming.

I'll bet there isn't a single Islamic country where this hasn't been the norm for at least a thousand years ... and will still be the norm a thousand years from now.

[ReaganÜberAlles]

You’re full of shit.

[Argus]

The 9/11 skyjackers trained in the airliner fuselage Saddam’s secret police had rigged up in Baghdad. Also, he moved his stockpile of bio and chemical weapons to Syria with Russian assistance before the invasion. The new mythology that he was some kind of bulwark against terrorists is baloney. That said, BUSH’S attempt to turn Iraq into Switzerland was inane. We should have installed our own dictator. That’s the big missed opportunity here.