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Originally Posted by FullTank
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Um...I never said that Saddam was a nice guy, but I might be wrong but it seemed to me like some of his killing of the Shia and the Kurds were do to the fact that they were rebelling against him... And not so much because Saddam wanted to install Sharia law...
In that area historically, strong men have kept the opposings factions together by force. It's politics as usually in the Middle East. Hopefully that will change, but the whole issue with Saddam needs to be taken in that context. And yeah he favored the Sunnis, but a Christian was his second in command. In fact the Baathist party was started by a CHRISTIAN. I don't think I ever called Saddam a nice, wonderful guy.
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Saddam wasnt anything of that sort, but there were even worse people in middle east and south asia, Instead of going after them, we went after the small fish. Saddam was never an ally, and never can be. But then again if you can have Saudi arabia and Pakistan, makes you think?
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I don't think Saddam could be an ally at all. My point though was that the thing to fear was what would happen after Saddam left. And yes what would happen if Iraq was given democracy. Would ethnic strife happen, would the Shia (with their votes) go towards a close relationship with Iran... My point wasn't so much that Saddam is this great and wonderful guy. My point was that in the case of the War on Terror and Islamo facism, they keep on talking about, there was the possibility of far worse regimes developing than Saddam in Iraq. \