Saddam was a Baathist who kept his foot on the neck of muslim fanatical fundamentalists (shiite and sunni) and the US military had absolute control of the skies over Iraq and in effect had its foot on the neck of Saddam.
It was a near-perfect situation (as near to perfect as is possible in that infinitely barbaric sh*t hole region of the world) and George W Bush, our President, went and f*'d it all up.
Followed by Barak Hussein Obama, our Dear Leader, who took a f*'d up situation and multiplied it by about a thousand.
And BTW (no one will convince me otherwise), Dear Leader was elected in 2008 precisely because of the invasion of Iraq.
Dear Leader was elected in 2008 precisely because of the invasion of Iraq.
Yes, Bush not only brought chaos to Iraq by deposing the strong-man who had kept order, by doing so Bush brought defeat to the GOP at home. and the defeat was so sweeping — so many Dems were elected, along with Obama — that they were able to pass Obamacare without any GOP votes. Thanks, George Bush!
My preferred scenario was this:
OBL identified positively @ Tora Bora 12/01
4 W-88 warheads airburst over his position at 30-second intervals
Bush flies to Baghdad the next day and is received by his new best friend Saddam
Next day on to New Delhi.
January 1, 2002, the Iraqi army with American air support marches on Riyadh, and a combined Indian-American expeditionary force crosses the line at Amritsar while seaborne landings of joint forces commence 15 miles West of Lahore.
March 1, 2002, the al-Saud family is deposed and the top 100 royals turned over to Uday and Qusay for their amusement. An American governor is installed in Riyadh. King Abdullah II of Jordan is appointed Sherif of Mecca and guardian of the holy mosques.
June 1, 2002 Amero-Indian forces take Islamabad and dissolve the Pakistani state. An Indian governor is installed in Rawalpindi.
July 1, 2002 The Iraqi army crosses into Iran, this time with American air support and naval gunfire at the Strait of Hormuz.
6-12 months later, the commanders of Iraqi, American, and Indian forces meet in Herat, shake hands and declare victory.
Throwing Saddam away like that was incredibly stupid.