Nobody wants to admit this: Saddam Hussein would be our ally against ISIS

[shadowmayor]

44. The First Desert Slaughter

Saddam went into Kuwait to get his billions from the monarchs whose ass he had covered during the Iran-Iraq war. A costly war during which Kuwait slant drilled into Iraq and made fortunes on the oil market. We gave Saddam the green light (thanks April) and he took the bait. That war was designed to let the poor US army regain its stature. The navy and air force seemed to be more effective and folks were wondering what the hell was the need for a large army? B52's softened up the front lines for weeks before the war began, and the coalition forces (meaning our army and marines) were set. The battles were certainly fierce, but definitely one-sided. Some Generals like McCaffrey didn't get "enough" and annihilated retreating Iraqi forces as their trains rolled homeward. Same thing with the road to Baghdad - a prolonged massacre. Darth Cheney was Sec Def and apparently his blood lust wasn't sated.

Round 2 was the invasion for WMD's or to "git the guy who tried to kill my daddy" or act 1 of the Neocon plot to take over the world. I honestly wonder if the folks behind this mess played too much Risk in college - a game where you really need to take the middle east to win. It's about as challenging as a long game of tic-tac-toe. All for empire and all for control.

Does anybody remember when Saddam said he would voluntarily leave Iraq if it would avert a war? Does anybody remember Iran offering to put it's whole nuclear program "on the table" if they could help with our war in Iraq? Condi told the Iranians to get stuffed. And why wouldn't she? They were next on the list!

What a colossal mess we have created. Was Saddam a good guy? Hell no - but I notice very little discussion about those wonderful humanitarians running the Saudi empire? I could weep for a week for what has been done in our name, but I'm too tired.

The Shadow Mayor