Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

first of all, lets keep the conversation in perspective. people can hate the war, hate the US, hate Bush, call it a mistake etc... thats all fine and well and easily defensible... but don't forget in the conversation that even though you see suicide bombings here and there and bad shit in Iraq today, life in Iraq was not exactly Utopia under Saddam either. Don't forget that kidnappings, disappearances of people, torture, political executions were rampant under Saddam and even acts of genocide were on his agenda. He had one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world while he was building billion dollar palaces for himself.