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My question: ISIL, daesh, whatever, has killed tens of thousands, committed every atrocity known to man, tortured, raped, murdered children, elderly, civilians; destroyed priceless history, cost hundreds of billions.
They are able to do so because Saddam Hussein was violently and carelessly removed from power at a cost to US taxpayers of over $1 tril. In the vacuum left behind, they grew and prospered. They were aided by the deliberate creation of instability in Syria by the US,extra-legally, with the dubious aim of removing a "bad man" who has committed 1/100th of the atrocities that the current NK leader has committed.
This policy of ending arab states creates a Pyrrhic victory. Afghanistan is the longest war ever engaged in by the US. There have been no real victories. Expenses have topped the GDP of all but a few nations.
Are we better off than when Saddam was in power? Was there no longer term, more stable solution?
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