Power: He reigned for 30 years and started two wars - Iran (1980) and Kuwait (1990).
Iran War: Was backed by the US, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and France.
Chemical Weapons: He gassed the Kurds and Iranians in the 1980's, during US support, and the US provided him the satellite imagery he needed to do so. (The US used fire and nuclear bombs against Japanese civilians).
WMD: There were none, and when he DID have them in the Gulf war, he didnt use them against the US.
Nuclear Arsenal: The US was able to wage Desert Storm II against a nuclear armed Saddam without nuclear war.
AL Quaeda - No link, except that Bin Laden is a radical fundamentalist who detests secular leaders like Saddam.
Killing Babies: Nayirah, the girl who testified to babies being torn out of incubators in Kuwait by Saddams army, turned out to be the daughter of a US Kuwaiti ambassador and grew up in New York City.
Was Saddam Evil? Irrational? Could he have been contained?
2007-03-27 07:44:22 · 16 answers · asked by Richard O 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Not only could he be contained, he was being contained. He had no capabilities whatsoever to do anything to the outside world. He was a tyrant, no doubt. But, the US has supported people who are just as bad, if not worse than him. Kuwait's government is one of the most ruthless governments in the world. At one time, the US supported Osama bin Laden. Saudi Arabia has a record of human rights violations.
2007-03-27 08:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saddam was evil. Semi-rational but not totally irrational was he. He had been contained in the Middle East for all the time he was in power. That part of the world has a way of dealing with its own problems. They have had 3 thousand years of practice. Persia and Babylon back and forth.
We helped both sides gain much of the weaponry they have. Had we butted out years ago maybe the perceived threat would be much less.
2007-03-27 08:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just plan arrogant made to be a scapegoat. ( You forgot the phone call from Hussein to Bush 41 before he invaded Kuwait. Where Bush promised to remain neutral). But certainly evil for gassing the Kurds and killing of political foes.
2007-03-27 07:56:22 · answer #3 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You forgot to add that after the Kuwaiti War, sanctions were in place that kept him from exploring/developing bio/nuke weapons programs.
He was contained, and the Shea, Sunni, and Kurds at the time were not involuntarily in the middle of a civil war either.
2007-03-27 07:50:39 · answer #4 · answered by jimvalentinojr 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 19:40:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a stupid and selfish person actualy....who never used his brain to take the decisions........His wars are the example of it..he was puppet for US who used him and he obeyed its order for keeping his power and hold in Iraq and as usual when his job was over i.e to let US in in iraq he was executed ! I m sorry but whatever he was......it was because of US.whether good or bad.....he is responsible for the destruction of Iraq and i can say that he has betrayed his nation !and let them burn in fire now ! I did cry to see his execution but i agree that he is a person who has made the worse mistakes during his leadership and now his nation is paying for his mistake, ...his worse mistake was to take US as his friend !If US is responsible for deserted Iraq of today , Saddam should be blamed first !
2007-03-27 08:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by ★Roshni★ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was being contained, and we will be bankrupt in 2 years if we try to displace all world leaders any of us finds "evil" or "irrational". Hell, there are people who think Bush is "evil" and "irrational"...
2007-03-27 07:51:46 · answer #7 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he was still there then Iran would not get out of line.
Unfortunately he was a psychopath and is now rotting in hell along with every single suicide bomber.
2007-03-27 07:57:09 · answer #8 · answered by Mike T 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Al quaeda is and has been in Iraq as for sadam no way to stop him!
2007-03-27 08:07:06 · answer #9 · answered by mark k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was certainly evil and irrational. Perhaps he could have been contained, but if his sons had inherited his position I doubt if they could have been.
2007-03-27 07:49:18 · answer #10 · answered by Sean 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋