i know saddam was a evil guy and stuff but looks whats going on there now killings beheadings u got raghead radical militants owning the place. atleast saddam kept that place under his thumb.
2006-07-10 20:03:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
He kept them in check...yes. But by extreme fear. If you said he was not nice...he'd kill you.
A former General of Sadam, who is now a commander in the current Iraqi forces, said something like..."only an Iraqi can deal w/ Iraqis, and Sadam was best at it." He ruled w/ an Iron fist, but at least he ruled.
My, opinion...we should have done what we did w/ him in the 70s; when no other Arabs would giove us oil, he did. And we made him and his country rich. They had new roads, free health care and education. I saw some documentary once....
We shold have just called him on the phone and said, stop F'ing around...do what we tell you, we'll offer trade agreements, or we'll kill your sons, put you in jail and turn you over to the masses.
2006-07-11 09:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by mxbrown 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You might want to ask the Shi'a and the Kurds if they want Saddam Hussein back. Saddam isn't going to live forever and his two sons were no humanitarians. There are old scores being settled in Iraq at the moment. Saddam and the Baath party were not very kind to the opposition. You might want to do some research on Iraqi history before you jump to any conclusions.
2006-07-11 03:13:26 · answer #2 · answered by Nico Pulcher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As A Marine that has seen the difference's we have made I feel great, As for dummies like you? Say thank you: And I Served proudly: Saddam killled more people than you will know, I spent 30 years in the US Marines, You don't have the right to call anyoone a Raghead, unless you have faced them in combat. Moron, I can say that to you, because from your question, I can see that you have never been in Combat: God Bless You But!!
This is What it meant to me:
A time of remembrance for me... of young faces I once knew a lifetime ago who are no longer here and of a lot that are. Faces of my beloved family who fought in WW2 and Korea who have crossed over to a place where no more internal battles are fought and no more sadness felt for those they once knew and lost. Places no one will ever remember, that is, no one but those who were there. Battles, large and small, in war and within ones-self, that do not rate a mention in history but definitely helped write it. Sounds of long ago but were only yesterday this morning. Survivors guilt but deep inside.... glad it wasn't me. Reading citations and asking myself," Did I really do that"? Looking for lost loves and lost youth knowing that you will find neither. Memories, some good...some bad. Touching the scars on my body from shrapnel and on my chest from a 7.62. Looking at that rifle that I brought home with me that put that bullet there and remembering the young Vietnamese that once held it that I killed almost at the same time as he shot me. Looking into a mirror and then at a picture on a wall and wondering where did that kid disappear to? Still feeling the pride that I felt then and feeling pride in those who wear, or have worn, the uniform of today ( Do you ever really take it off?) Looking at my sons face, my daughters faces, my grandchildren's faces, and whispering a prayer that they will never forget me or others like me who sacrificed so much so other people may seek freedom and have rights and when necessary, fight for this country and for their rights that so many of its citizens take for granted. Looking at the colors and feeling the pride for I know the price many youth have paid to keep it flying. Understanding, that one more year has passed and that I am closer to paying my dues to the one I cheated out of them three+ times. Not really caring about life or death personally anymore for after what I went through, saw, did, etc. what is really left but the waiting.... just like then. Yes, today I especially remember. Thanks for serving. Welcome home. God bless and see you in Fiddler's Green. To my brothers that have been there, God Bless, And Semper FI, to you who have no clue, remember these words, Semper Fi, The Marines are out there fighing for you!
2006-07-11 05:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by basscatcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And they had running water, electricity, an economy (meager but far better than the nothing they have now), no civil war, more than 100,000 of it's residents still living, no depleted uranium completely covering their land, their historical artifacts that were stolen after the invasion, ... i mean the list goes on and on. Yeah as bad as he and his son's were, it's quite clear that Iraq was far better off before we invaded...
2006-07-11 03:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by darbyrob43 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shoot it's worse now then before we were better off just leaving that country alone.Now we have north korea trying to take us on it's going to be wwIII if we went war with that country.We didn't find anything in iraq no nucleaur missiles that bush said there was.
2006-07-11 03:15:27 · answer #5 · answered by identityhopeless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya know, there's a reason that countries like Iraq are ruled over by brutal dictators. I mean, it doesn't look like the "democracy" we forced down their throats is working out so well, now does it?
2006-07-11 03:20:02 · answer #6 · answered by eljonez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saddam thinks so!
2006-07-11 03:07:09 · answer #7 · answered by Jimmy Pete 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why push ones country quote they have weapons of mass destruction when in fact other countries have weapons of mass destruction
2006-07-11 03:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol i guess it would be better for the people to over throw him and not the americans to go over there and hijack them for their oil.
2006-07-11 16:36:16 · answer #9 · answered by wedjb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋