It is an irony, though, that when Sadaam Hussein used to put those types down firmly, as rebels holding arms against the state, he was seen as a tyrant, and a ‘no fly zone’ was established in northern Iraq. That was when they got their first foothold.
“It is an irony, though, that when Sadaam Hussein used to put those types down firmly, as rebels holding arms against the state, he was seen as a tyrant, and a ‘no fly zone’ was established in northern Iraq. That was when they got their first foothold.”
I’ve given that a lot of thought, and it seems like we were either ignorant of that, or misinformed.
We all knew Saddam had terrible prisons and was killing something like 150,000 of his own people a year. What we didn’t know, or didn’t appreciate, is that they were most likely the very same element of Radical Islam that would otherwise have caused all kinds of havoc in Iraq.
I think we’re seeing the same thing with Assad in Syria, where the so-called “rebels” are really Al Qaeda sympathizers, and his “crackdown” (hate that word - sounds cheap) is what it takes to keep them from causing greater problems in the country.
Not saying either dictator was good, but maybe we finally realize what they were up against. I happen to agree with Cruz and believe the nuclear option should be on the table. I don’t see any other way to eradicate the problem, and it will only spread and get more virulent if we don’t.