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**Marinausa** · 08-12-2009, 10:33 AM

It's a freakin' mess over there, is the only way to rule in the Middle East with an oppressive regime?

This very well might be the truth of it. It as if the only way to keep age old grudges and down right barbarism in check is to have a leader that is heavy handed and barbaric himself. No one complains about the corruption or brutality of the leader in charge, if it's their guy. And if it's not, and then they get their guy in then they feel it's ok to behave in the exact way they were just treated.

Invading Iraq was such a bad idea. My heart goes out to all those who have suffered in this conflict, foreign and domestic. This is a most tragic first decade of the new millennium. Iraqis were suffering before Saddam, during Saddam, and now after Saddam. It's not really different except who is on the recieving end (eg. the Kurds are doing better now). Invading Iraq may have been a bad idea but sometimes you get stuck with choosing and evil. We had sanctions imposed on Iraq that was causing suffering and starvation. There was just no good answers. I will say the "war" and following policies were very poorly run. Maybe if we had had a better strategy in the beggining it would be much different today.

08-12-2009, 10:33 AM	#3
Marinausa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	It's a freakin' mess over there, is the only way to rule in the Middle East with an oppressive regime? This very well might be the truth of it. It as if the only way to keep age old grudges and down right barbarism in check is to have a leader that is heavy handed and barbaric himself. No one complains about the corruption or brutality of the leader in charge, if it's their guy. And if it's not, and then they get their guy in then they feel it's ok to behave in the exact way they were just treated. Invading Iraq was such a bad idea. My heart goes out to all those who have suffered in this conflict, foreign and domestic. This is a most tragic first decade of the new millennium. Iraqis were suffering before Saddam, during Saddam, and now after Saddam. It's not really different except who is on the recieving end (eg. the Kurds are doing better now). Invading Iraq may have been a bad idea but sometimes you get stuck with choosing and evil. We had sanctions imposed on Iraq that was causing suffering and starvation. There was just no good answers. I will say the "war" and following policies were very poorly run. Maybe if we had had a better strategy in the beggining it would be much different today.
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