“I despised Saddam’s police state, but the Islamic State would not exist under his rule”
But are those the only two options - Saddam or ISIS?
People get the government they deserve, and if those are the only choices they see, perhaps that’s what they deserve.
But there are other choices - though they may not come easy. As an example, the people of Egypt have managed to rid themselves of the brotherhood and Mubarek for something that’s perhaps better. I understand it remains to be seen, but at least they’re not being fatalistic. They’ve shed blood to get something they think is better.
At the end of the day, that is what it will take. The people themselves, not a foreign entity, have to fight for the government they want.
It’s the Middle East, Saddam was par for the course.
“The people” don’t decide squat.
People with real power put puppets in government to rule over the “sheeple”.
Saddam started his career as an assassin working for the CIA. He was always an asset of CIA/new world order. He was just disposed of in the second Iraq “war”.
The top of the power structure in the US is Rockefeller interests. That’s why Obama says things are “above his pay grade” - he’s absolutely correct in saying that. He’s just a minion, a face for the public. In 2016, there will just be a new puppet face, with a D or an R by its name.
People get the government they deserve, and if those are the only choices they see, perhaps that’s what they deserve.
But there are other choices - though they may not come easy.
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"Choices" is the important word there.
Something imposed by outsiders isn't likely to last.
And though people brought up Germany and Japan when the war was going on, Vietnam might have been a better comparison.