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Originally Posted by GregE
Before Bush and Cheney went charging in there like bulls in a china shop, Iraq was a stable (by Middle East standards) country with a very (by Middle East standards) secular population.
Their leader was a ruthless son of a bitch, but he kept the lid on things internally and he hated both Iran and al qaeda in equal measure.
Now... let's compare that situation with what we have going on there now 
History will not view the Bush era kindly. |
I have no use for Bush - but in our condemnation of him it's impossible to overlook the fact that Saddam's regime was responsible for the deaths of at least 250,000 Iraqis and committed war crimes in Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Chemical warfare against the Kurds.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International issued regular reports of widespread imprisonment and torture.