I can’t believe I’m saying this but I almost miss the old days when Saddam Muammar Gaddafi Assad and other strong men Were in power. they certainly funded terrorism but they didn’t send armies of thousands over to head across the border.
I don’t think that’s a strange realization to come to terms with.
Khadaffi wasn’t giving us any more trouble.
As you said, Assad wasn’t.
Hussein was. He would not abide by the no fly zone, and he was beginning to move forces up to his borders with other nations again.
Despite what some folks think, Iraq is a lot better today. It is not a threat to it’s neighbors. The leadership there isn’t making outlandish anti-Western statements, and statements in favor of the terrorists either.