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The right time to take down Saddam was after the secind gulf war, the first one with US participation. In the first gulf war between Iraq and Iran, Iraq was an
by hef19898 3y ago
The right time to take down Saddam was after the secind gulf war, the first one with US participation. In the first gulf war between Iraq and Iran, Iraq was an US ally.
And no, removing Saddam with good reason was a really bad idea...
To cut it short, in the frame on the war on terror 4.5 million people died, almost a million directly related to the war and 38 million people displaced. If you think all that was a just price to pay to get Saddam and Bin-Laden, because the Taliban pretty much won, you should re-adjust your moral compass.
- genman 3y agoWhy should I readjust my moral compass? Because people could not forget their feuds and started to kill? The system held together by terror was pushed out of equilibrium. They had a change to find a better one but they chose not to. If anything then US has done not enough by letting sociopaths in Syria and Iran still run the show - a huge part of the deaths (I'm not going to dispute your claimed numbers) could have been averted and not only in Middle East.
- cf1241290841 3y agoInteresting >could have Do you have a rule of thumb how many deaths you are willing to accept and risk on what probabilities for which futures? Also, you used the term sociopaths, do you consider yourself a psychopath?
- genman 3y agoIt is clear now that Syrian leader was willing to murder hundreds of thousands of people, so were Iranian leaders. Moving against them early "could have" avoided large part of the Middle East casualties.
- cf1241290841 3y agoWhat perspective other then ideology has this not apply to your own position? You seemed pretty comfortable in your position despite the number of people killed and outcome counter to your declared intention.
- genman 3y agoYour personal attacks are lame. I based my argument based on reduction of human suffering. Now please, buzz off.
- cf1241290841 3y agoI am sorry that you took it that way, it wasnt intended as such. I responded out of curiosity. edit: Thank you for your response none the less.