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Originally posted by Locobot
Um, did you even read the thing you quoted? It transcends in every way what you had to say.
Are 25 million Iraqis better off today than before 12 years of U.S.-led sanctions, continuous bombing, and two major U.S. military campaigns? Catagorically and emphatically no. I have no love of S.Hussein but he's going to be a pretty difficult act to follow. 1991 Iraq was a pretty advanced place in terms of civilization. They had water, electric, and communcation systems that were the envy of the area and a literacy rate that was close to America's (65% if memory serves). Hussein kept Iraq's three divisive ethnicitys in check (admittedly this was done with favoritism and violence, but are going to do any better when Shia Iraq decides it wants to be its own theocratic country?).
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This post reminds me of the 'Hitler wasn't all bad' type. Sure, sure he did some bad things, but he did a lot of good things too, yea thats it.
[Edit:Possible Goodwin's Law violation]