Putin predicted it too. In fact he acted to ensure his predictions would come true. Don't downplay his agency in this. > Either the people of Iraq supported Sa

Putin predicted it too. In fact he acted to ensure his predictions would come true. Don't downplay his agency in this. > Either the people of Iraq supported Saddam, in which case the justification of liberating Iraq was BS. Or the majority did not support Saddam, in which case there is absolutely no justification for the suffering inflicted on them. In fact it's the second one, Shia were a repressed majority. But how would the first justify their suffering? Saddam had nothing to do with 911.