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People who suffered at the hands of Saddam's regime would disagree. There was jubilation in the streets of Iraq when Saddam was driven out of power.
by tandem_bike 7y ago
People who suffered at the hands of Saddam's regime would disagree. There was jubilation in the streets of Iraq when Saddam was driven out of power.
- fit2rule 7y agoAnd what has replaced all that jubilation in Iraq today? Short-lived minor PR victories are insignificant compared to the long term loss of human life. Was it worth murdering 500,000 human beings for that gain?
- tandem_bike 7y agoThe point is that the invasion of Iraq itself could easily be considered a righteous act. The aftermath has been dreadful, no doubt, but that was not the intention, and when making moral judgements intention of the judged is ultimately what matters most. The US has repeatedly underestimated how hard it is for functioning democracies to flourish, and that is a critical error on its part that it must learn from going forward.
- fit2rule 7y agoOh, fine, lets try your perverse experiment: "Hitlers intention was to murder only a few million people in order to make more room for tens of millions of people to live a better life..." Sorry, no. This is just cowardly justification.