Did Saddam kill more Iraqis or the US invasion and its consequence?

Question

Saddam is a dictator but at least he provided a government that can control the situation. But the new government does not have the capability and has to rely on US. But nobody likes to have a foreign troop to walk on their land. So it's a lose-lose.

If US wants democracy in Iraq, it should try the culture, economy inflerence and make Iraqis truly want to make a change by themselves. The soft influence is more sustainable and peaceful.

But Mr. Bushiit makes everyone lose, including himself.

Answer 1

the answer to that question is of course the US and the count continues today at least Saddam had a stopping point

Answer 2

You OBVIOUSLY haven't been there have you? I recently returned from there after my 2nd tour. This time I was involved with training their first mobility airlift squadron. Those people are a lot more capable than the media would like you to think. They are exceptionally intelligent and very hard workers. Sadaam was a horrible dictator who directly influenced the mass murder of millions. And you are incorrect about him "providing a government that can control the situation"...were I was stationed was along an area of the Euphrates that used to be lush and full of vegetation. He actually had that river dammed so it would dry up, which it did. Ending all water supplies to the cities and towns along it, and, in effect causing mass starvation. While Sadaam had unfathomable amounts of money and gorgeous palaces, his people lived QUITE differently, and still do. There were several villages where we were and the people lived in tents with the desert as their floor and rats running loose. The US has gone in and opened the river back up, helped replow the land and begin to bring back the vegetation. Also, their standard of living has gone up. (No where near the way we live in the US, however, it has considerably gone up). The men I worked with everyday had to hide the fact that they were working with the US from everyone including their family for fear of being killed. Yet they did it, each and everyday. Why? Because they didn't want us there? I don't think so. So you better get your facts straight before making yourself sound like an idiot by relying on media bullsh.....

Answer 3

The coalition did not kill any innocents intentionally, but unfortunately many innocent people died. Most of the people
being killed now, is not by us, but others struggling over the
upper hand in Iraq.
Saddam Hussain killed many more of his own people by design
and was continuing to do so.
Every body seems to be ignoring the fact that millions of Iraqis
were being slowly murdered, because of Saddam robbing the
"Oil for food" program, with the help of a bunch of unscruplous
people, including those at the U.N. and specifically the French,
Russains and even Kofi Annans own son. Its an extreme nasty
situation, but Saddam Hussain had to go. What to do now -
I havent a clue, but I am convinced that the United States is
not the bad guy and many others, including Democrats supported him. Now that it is not going well, everybody is pointing
fingers at Bush. If the Iraqis had gotten their act together and
stopped this infighting then Bush would be the hero.

Answer 4

It's really sickening to hear that people would rather have Saddam in power over there. And the fact that you would even compare what the US has done over that murdering SOB is intolerable.

The Iraqi's want to make a change but it's hard for the spoiled American to understand what those people are going through, and still going through over there. The problem, according to my soldier friend, is the rules of engagement. We need to be able to kill the enemy so we can protect the innocent long enough to establish their own democracy, which is what they want! The "soft influence" is in your pants.

There are groups over there that are pro-American and help the Americans in missions and tell them where bombs are. The soldiers are visiting schools and stop sometimes to play ball with the kids and you won't hear that on CNN b/c they, like you, hate "Bush", (all types I'm guessing.)

Also, if we pull out now, there will be a civil war and we'll be right back over there breaking it up, only with the enemy more prepared to kick our butts b/c our soldiers have to ask a General before they can kill someone they see with their own eyes making a bomb b/c it was a woman.

The only thing that scares me is people like you vote.

Answer 5

each and every American is holds the duty for the dying fee made from the invasion. nonetheless many diverse communities did make the dying tole so large, u.s. performed the situation of the initiator. decrease than Saddam there became orderly violence and deaths. Now we ought to come to a type what's extra useful, chaotic violence or the orderly violence decrease than Saddam. As a query extra for interest i could desire to understand what united states of america are you from. What you need to understand is likewise that this conflict is unlike WW2, our united states of america isn't at conflict. Our president became questionably elected it relatively is additionally tutor of u.s.'s opposition of the conflict. in simple terms 27% of yank's nonetheless help the conflict. i could ask you to no longer consult with American coverage as u.s.'s view as an entire. we are a rustic divided, some human beings do no longer talk for all. nicely we can see if u.s. has replaced with the 2008 elections. The elections in 2006 would have been a tutor u.s.'s new perspectives.

Answer 6

A site like antiwar.com, actual website not made up, puts the number of Iraqi casualties at 22000 - 100000. The numbers for the war started by Saddam against Iran are 500,000 Iraqis dead and 800,000 Iranians dead. Add in the numbers from gulags, massacres, and him building palaces instead of building hospitals and feeding his people under the UN sanctions, and the guy that adores Stalin, Saddam, is the winner by a landslide.

Answer 7

Dizzy - I am not sure you can call what Saddam had a government. Taking people out & slaughtering them because the voice disagreement or because they were women is not being in control, it is called forcing control. The US was invited to come to try to help stablize. Back to civics class, you missed some important parts like definition of dicator & creating a new democracy. Even the US had troubles in the beginning of our democracy but here you can make false & uneducated statements & know a "Sadam" will not drag you our of your house & behead you. Isn't democracy & the US grand?

Answer 8

Sadam was only just below Hitler in the terms of a madman and despot. He was killing people for years and years and years. He had no proper government and no proper or accountable police force or army. How the hell could the Iraq people want change or even have any way of showing dissent when they were killed for doing so? At least they have the start of a new system of democracy now. I think you need to have a long hard look at history before you make such wild accusations which have little or no basis in fact at all my friend.

Answer 9

Estimates are 8 million he executed...so I guess the US and their allies have a ways to go. I believe thee French said the same thing in WWII and look what the Germans did to them. Sept 11th ring a bell? That was a warm and fizzy message wasn't it? Get real...freedom has not and never will be free. If the liberal media would report the hundreds of schools and hospitals that the allies have paid for and helped build to restore the nation of IRAQ and not continuously report all the bad maybe people would see the other side of the story.

Answer 10

Does it matter? Why do people use numbers to justify right or wrong? As if they want to measure collateral damage from human flesh to prove a point?

The fact is the US is responsible for many deaths during the invasion, after the invasion, and is now responsible for increasing the violence in Iraq and turning the Iraqi people against each other.

There was blood Saddam's hands, and now the American people have blood on their hands.

Answer 11

Actually no one knows how many people Saddam killed during his dictatorship.

It seems like you have all the answers. I suggest you join the Marines and fix the problem over there.