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Technically Iraq was a "democracy". Saddam just happened to "win" every election. The US media makes him out to be alot worse than he was. The torturing, mass killings, etc... were totally blown out of proportion.
The jails there were violent places and torturing probably did occur. Be sure to note that even though we may not hear about it on the 5 o'clock news, it does here too...
The mass killings of his "own people" are complete bullshit. Iraq has basically been at war with the Kurds for years and years... If Russia attacks Chechen rebels would it be considered "killing their own people"? Fuck no...
Like it or not, the U.S. and the U.N. are responsible for most of Iraq's problems. The sanctions put on that country made pretty damn broke, which is why their water and electrical systems had gone to hell. And Saddam probably wasn't the best dictator for the job, but lest we forget who put the Baath party into power... if you guessed the U.S., you're right again!
There are many many more countries in much more need of "liberation", the sad fact of the matter is Iraq was targetted because it just happens to be sitting on one of the worlds largest oil deposits.
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