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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Well, never having gone in the first place (war situation) versus actual need for something (day-labor center) are different. Uh, those are my opinions. I agree that total* immediate* withdrawal from Iraq does not seem like a good idea, given the situation we've caused.**
*even speaking relatively on these two
**in a way. not saying that saddam was good, but things were relatively stable, and they really really aren't now.
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Actually, I think Saddam was very good for the Mddle East. He was stable and secular and wasn't treading toward extremism, though there were some hints he was embracing Islam for political purposes. He was buyable. It's too bad we married ourselves to the Saudis so long ago. Looking back, the better move, given Iraq's oil reserves, would have been to let him have Kuwait and prop him into something approaching a real country. He could have been brought under control, and made to obey human rights to a certain degree with enough cash.
We're working with all his old Sunni henchmen now to fight Shiite zealots. WTF? Why are we there again? Who were we deposing? Did we go there to get the oil we already had? Saddam's crude was cheap. The Saudis gouge us.
