saddam used to be the president of iraq .
2006-11-04 22:18:55 · 14 answers · asked by citizen high 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I mean most of the countries of the third world . not omly Iraq !!
2006-11-04 22:22:32 · update #1
It somehow seems Saddam was doing a good job. Things are really messed up now after his departure and all attempts to fix things over there has failed so far.
2006-11-04 22:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by rinah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. The short answer is no, you can't. The Iraqi nation is made up of rival religious factions that really hate each other. If given a chance to kill each other, they will. We are seeing that play out now. Saddam ran that country like a giant outdoor prison. He lavished the Sunni population with money, and fiercely oppressed everyone else. There is a lesson here; in Iraq, you must pick sides. The belief that a Jeffersonian democracy will sprout in Iraq is foolish. The best would could have hoped for was a benevolent dictator friendly to the United States (see Pakistan). What we should have done from the start is support the Sunni's and keep Saddam's Army together on a few conditions. Saddam and his closest confidants must die. They can't be a part of the Iraqi world anymore. Secondly, they must accept a small but robust American military presence in the country. In return, the Sunni Baath party remains in power. Had we done this, the war would have ended 3 years ago, and the Iraqi nation would have been a partner in the war on terror.
2006-11-05 06:50:17 · answer #2 · answered by chad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saddam was guilty for many murders in Iraq...I don't think anyone has an objection to that...
But,no,a country like Iraq can not be ruled by anyone else than a dictator...Good or bad Saddam could control the Iraqis.Just look at what is going on there.Entire armies can't control the Iraqis,there is a civil war going on there that no one can stop...
2006-11-05 06:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by Tinkerbell05 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the problems in Iraq is the forced unification (by the British, if I remember) they underwent. Regretfully, the old "tribal" and sectarian issues never seem to have been put aside for the common good.
That didn't happen under Saddam either.
Yes, it is possible to have a country with internal differences, as long as those differences are respected and represented. The big issue is, do the Iraqi people actually want that?
2006-11-05 06:22:32 · answer #4 · answered by Kaia 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
first of all all bush ruled Usa like Saddam when he was ruled iraq some time worset and Igive you just 2 example
1- Bush attack Iraq without any reason and alot of Usa soldire die each day in Iraq and no one care also
2-Bush is the first president legalize the tourture by sign on law allow the tortoure imagine what if Saddam sign low to legalize torture what will western media say ?
Im not anti Bush but this is the nature of people, the UK police kill innocent Brazelian worker in London shout on his head one bullet for nothing imagine what happened if Eygept or Jordan or even Israel police do that ?
Nato kill each day alot of inocent people by most developed jet plane at Afghanstan and say we kill armed men and all people around the world Know this is pure lies
2006-11-05 10:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by abu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what we're trying to do now. All I know is Saddams going to grave laughing at us for trying. Another story revealed 1999 war game did conclude if Saddam is over thrown in Iraq the country will become very unstable.
2006-11-05 06:24:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say NO.
If you really feel this way, I'd say it's inconsistent for you to favor all the contsitutional protections WE enjoy. People are people, all over. We had a bloody history - the revolution, and the civil war.
Some folks sound like they want Saddam to run America!
(He was just found guilty of war crimes, and sentenced to death. Really, can't we do better than that?)
2006-11-05 06:56:16 · answer #7 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good or bad, Saddam kept his country united and under control and most of all the terrorists out of his country.
2006-11-05 06:39:31 · answer #8 · answered by P P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the panel of appeal judges do not win the current appeal,
he could be executed within the next 30 days and during or
after this time we shall see the fallout from this.
He certainly has the odds stacked against him doesn't he?
I believe the country is better off without him.
2006-11-05 06:23:03 · answer #9 · answered by Sara 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
of coz
its just the matter of the right kind of people for that post...to rule
but do they exist now after the war
i seriously doubt that
2006-11-05 06:25:05 · answer #10 · answered by ds gg 19781972 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋