Commentary on "liberation"

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You're distorting my point. Saying we put Saddam in power is STUPID. It ignores the previous influence in the region of the Baathist, or Saddam...before we got involved....and it shifts all the blame on us regardless. That's juvenile finger pointing. Saddam was going to happen with or without our assistance....the Baathists weren't going away.

Look that region is fucked...it's a human rights nightmare... I'd love to see uprisings overthrow those evil regimes...but it's not happening.... and I'm not denying we have personal gains by being involved, and yes there are very corrupt activities going on... but honestly the Middle East ISN'T stable at all, and it hasn't been stable for decades...and removing Saddam and a host of other evil regimes will improve the climate between nations there, and the quality of life WILL improve for Iraqi citizens. What serious good does Saddam do for his people or the region? Besides picking up their garbage on time. Think of how many human rights catastrophes we've sat back and allowed to happen, and how many times we've wished our country had stepped in somehow because simply put -- we have the resources to do it. If the Bush family weren't involved...if the oil factor wasn't a consideration... if Imperialist guilt was never worth mentioning...then really our perception would be rather different now wouldn't it?

I think we have more of a resonsibility to rebuild and restructure Iraq then we do Afghanistan. Turning our back now after years of sanctions, and bombing would just be irresponsible. What's happened to Baghdad is a shame...and it needs to change... and while this might not be the ideal way for it to happen, it's just stupid to ignore the merit in removing Saddam. Liberation or not.