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Originally posted by KRL
Saddam went into Kuwait and was headed to Saudi Arabia.
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I don't think any invasion is justified;
whoever shoots first is most at fault.
However IF the secular Saddam had taken control of the region,
and the west didn't get involved, he would probably have wiped out all the
corrupt Saudi rulers who fund the religious extremists that attack the USA.
Saddam was opposed to fanatical Islam.
He didn't want to compete with the clergy for power.
If the West had allowed him to war with the Saudis,
oil prices would have gone up for a while and some contracts may
have been lost, but it MAY have ultimately been better for the world.
(easier to negotiate with people who don't think god wants them to kill you)
It would have been worse for terrorists. Saddam made clear he
wanted nothing to do with those groups, right up until the end.
He was not opposed to western culture. Clearly he had embraced
it in his personal life (he liked american movies and music and tv).
Until we got involved during the Gulf War, he had no particular hostility
toward the West. We considered him an ally when he fought Iran.
He was probably surprised/confused why we'd defend other Islamic states.
He was doing our dirtywork. Until he fucked with our oil contracts.
No debate, the guy was a brutal evil fucker. But still,
it's tempting to wish he was the one battling Jihadists.
Instead what happened is, rather than becming an enemy
of the islamic state, he became a living martyr to many of them.
He was still too secular for Osama and Co. They didn't like him,
but were able to point to Iraq as an example of US imperialism.
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Originally posted by KRL
He put a contract hit out on a former US President.
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To be fair, that US President put out a hit on him first.
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He may or may not have had his fingers in 9/11, but without a doubt he and his two goony sons surely had a celebration party on that day.
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Noone thinks he was involved in 9-11 except confused hicks.
Even the current administration has said as much.
They want to make an psychological tie, but they dont directly accuse him
because everyone paying attention knows it's untrue.
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We gave him and his entire family the opportunity to survive and leave gracefully with his money intact.
He chose not to. It was his choice. He paid the price.
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Unfortunately he was the only one given a choice.
He's still alive.
The people defending their land in that video are not.