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We are in agreement that Saddam was evil. Much of the brutalization you mention, was a result of Bush senior advising Iraqis to rise up against Hussein...then, we left them to perish under his chemical attacks.
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Some of it was because of that, we screwed the Kurds real bad. That is truly one shameful thing our nation did. I personally apologised to many Kurdish soldiers for that when I was over there. We would start talking politics, and first thing I would say is "I am so sorry our government did that to you" They still somehow choose to be our ally.
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Are you suggesting that we travel the world, and murder all of those leaders who mistreat their citzens?
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No, not mistreat. But butcher? Well.....yeah. It's our duty to liberate the oppressed. We have that power. So does Europe. If not us, then who? Don't even get me started on Darfur!
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Save for the oil, why do we care what the hell the middle east has been doing to themselves for centuries? What say we let them kill each other, without the US cherrypicking the unruly leaders that won't tow our line?
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Well, until we find something better, we do need the oil. And we need a stable and reliable source for said oil. Strategic planning like that is what's kept us in business for the last 200 or so years. Also, we don't want to have nuclear arms in the hands of our enemies. That too is just good business.
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The way in which we systematically intervened in Iraq, destroyed their infrastructure, and ultimately commited murder , is a sad event.
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Well, their infrastructure wasn't all that good to begin with. You have to understand, Baghdad was not New York, or Prague. There are parts of town that don't have running water. Open sewage flowing through the streets. Overcrowding. Jerry rigged electricity, hand-run wires criss-crossing the alleys and streets everywhere. They burn their garbage in the streets. It was a shithole before we even got there. Not to mention, still half destroyed from the Iranians.
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No different than what has just happened in Pakistan.
Yes...WE most definitely started something by seriously destabilizing an entire region. Now, we sit back and watch as anarchy metastacizes, further increasing the opportunity for another attack on US soil
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Actually, I would have to say that Iraq itself is becoming more stable. Finally.Afghanistan as well. As far as Pakistan goes, some of the stabilization burden has to fall on Pakistan's neighbors. They are self-destructing right now, and if they can't get it together, restore order and unfuck themselves then India had better get in there and disable their nukes, or someone will start pushing buttons.