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Originally Posted by Tronic
however what Saddam did provide was a country where the Shias and the Sunnis held posts in office together without the secetarian violence which we are seeing today...
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Not exactly. There were a few Shiites in office, but they did not have any real power, nor were they trusted all that much. They were amoral religious quislings that turned on their own, much like the Vichy French and other collaborationists turned on their countrymen for their own benefit.
As to sectarian violence, well, I'm not sure how you missed the near-genocide of Kurds and Shiite marsh Arabs (certainly the attempt was made in both cases).