2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary's bad judment makes her unfit to be Commander-In-Chief. [View all]zalinda
(5,621 posts)because he was warned that he would destabilize Iraq, if he killed Sadam. Sadam was an evil man, but he held Iraq together as a country. Things were actually better there under Sadam than they are now, especially for women.
Im afraid the bitter truth is Iraq and Libya were better off under the tyrants toppled by an arrogant and naive West
Cruel and despotic though he was, Saddam did offer Iraq a measure of stability, which was destroyed by the invasion. This repulsive strongman at least held his country together, which the divisive Shia-dominated government in Baghdad cannot do.
A similar point can be made about the no less repellent Gaddafi. In the Libya over which he presided for more than 40 years, there were no factions of militias killing innocent people and destroying their homes and livelihoods.
Where would you prefer to try to live a half-normal life in Gaddafis mostly peaceable Tripoli or in a city fought over by pitiless gunmen?
Would it be better to inhabit Saddam Husseins Mosul or the city now transformed into a killing field by Islamic State? I know where my preferences would lie.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2711464/STEPHEN-GLOVER-I-m-afraid-bitter-truth-Iraq-Libya-better-tyrants-toppled-arrogant-naive-West.html