Man, tbat’s a knee jerk, emotional reaction. The reality is we cannot save the world plus there is no anchor of Western values over there to build on, the only thing they know is force. We have been trying for years to teach them our way but it hasn’t worked, it is up to them to want to change and except for a few, they don’t.
In your world, evidently, the Golden Rule is a knee-jerk emotional concept. Best, obviously, not to give a flying flapjack what happens to anybody else; just look out for Number One.
“The reality is we cannot save the world plus there is no anchor of Western values over there to build on, the only thing they know is force. We have been trying for years to teach them our way but it hasn’t worked, it is up to them to want to change and except for a few, they don’t.”
None of which has anything even remotely to do with liberating them from the sadistic reign of torture, mutilation, rape & genocide inflicted on the country by Saddam. The Kurds—whom Saddam attempted to eradicate (with some success)—& the Iraqis lived in terror of this sick, mass murdering monster. The mere fact of his removal & subsequent death freed the entire country from the homicidal, sadistic terrors he imposed.
In your world, you’d prefer to have men, women & children continue to live indefinitely in a state of constant fear, routinely tortured, mutilated, raped & murdered on a whim?