The planet is full of horrible peoples, horrible leaders, savage, disgusting customs, and many more evils.
But we are not the government of the world. The testimony of aliens about their problems has gotten us into untold misery, for many years, and, in the case of Ukraine, may yet get our beautiful land ruined and a lot of us killed.
Iraq never attacked the United States, unlike its closest neighbors Iran and Saudi Arabia.
If we had backed Saddam in his war with Iran, if we had gotten out of his way in 1991 and encouraged him to go to Riyadh and root out the Wahabi evil, the world would be a much more stable and less dangerous place.
Uday Hussein would be in charge of the Arab Caliphate in the Middle East today. And they would have huge control of the oil market. Nah.
Mohammed bin Salman is pro-American. He is pro-Israeli. Several countries in the Middle East have signed peace deals with Israel. All of that may not have happened if Husseins were still in charge because they were anti-Israel.
So what?
Look, I could try to explain the different mindsets most of us had twenty years ago, or the agreement the Reagan Administration made with Kuwait in the 80s among other things, but there are enough angry pusillanimous pismires on FR going around looking for contention without dredging up arguments that are two and three decades old.
So, it’s a pass from me. 😏