was it not a historical fact that after the invasion of Iraq by the USA, the sectarian violence escalated?

Question

when saddam ruled iraq,there were no killings due to sectarian rifts.

Answer 1

yea, because they knew he would gas them if they acted up!!!!!!

Answer 2

Yes, the sectarian violence or civil war in Iraq is an unforeseen consequence of the invasion of Iraq.
Many Iraqis think that the violence has been actually discreetly encouraged or winked-at by the USA in the early months of the invasion. You know the US tried the good old "divide-and-rule" maxim. But it blew up, and now, they can't put the genie back in the bottle, and may be bogged down baby sitting a civil war in Iraq for many more years.

Truth is, the Sunni vs Shia divide dates back to over 1200 years since the early years of Islam. I think Bush is fooling himself if he thinks that he can fix a centuries old conflict with the so-called military surge. He would be much wiser to declare victory or "mission accomplished" and get the hell out of Iraq.

Answer 3

There was no sectarian violence under Saddam because Saddam was doing all the killing, an average of 2,500 a month. The Sunni supported Saddam, who are the ones doing most of the killing in Iraq today. Do you need a big black felt-tipped marker to spell it out for you? The Ba'athists loyal to Saddam are causing the instability in Iraq today, with help from Syria, another Ba'athist controlled country. Iran is just an agitator, but effective nonetheless.

Answer 4

Well you're kind of right.Saddam was a Sunni and they regularly killed anyone who wasn't.But the violence HAS escalated between both sides now.You have the Sunni insurgents and the Shiite militia.Both at each others throats whereas in Saddams time it was mainly the Sunni doing the killing.Not to mention the Sunni also killed the Kurds.

Answer 5

Yes, that is true. Saddam was an evil man who killed many people, but the country was stable and he kept the disputing factions under control. Many more people are being killed now, and the country is in much worse shape. When everything is done with, Iraq will go from a more modern secular totalitarian dictatorship to a backwards fundamentalist Islamic totalitarian dictatorship. Pretty much the exact same type of government Bush is trying to install here, except that you would need to substitute "Christian" for "Islamic".

Answer 6

nicely, outline sectarian violence:... Now in case you need to describe it because the armed minority murdering tens of 1000's of yet another minority and oppressing maximum persons. you've in basic terms defined the regime of Saddam and his B'ath party. positive, Saddam had his united states lower than "administration"... in case you probably did not agree mutually with his techniques, you disappeared and your family contributors were given the bill on your torture. in case you've been a collection who disagreed... he'd deliver in his military or in basic terms use gasoline to ruin your village. Oh, loose press to record this stuff ?? HA !! undergo in recommendations "Baghdad Bob", the Iraqi Press Minister... putting forward "how the amazing Iraqi military replaced into driving off the devastated American military" on a similar time as that devastated military replaced into crossing the bridges and entering Baghdad ? what's truly taking position in Iraq is Iran & Syria are slipping in brokers, fingers, and explosives from their governments to foment violence, hatred, and unrest between the factions of the Iraqi united states. Iran positive as heck would not favor to ascertain a mundane DEMOCRACY in between it and something of the Gulf countries it seeks to conquer contained in the subsequent decade. one element ought to help... assemble up all those fingers and explosives.

Answer 7

Obviously the Iraqis were more afraid of Saddam than they are of the whole US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines!

Actually, I think that we stirred up a hornet's nest of hate and violence. At least Saddam was "one of their own." We, on the other hand, represent the "West", and all of its "godless immorality."

An old Iraqi man interviewed on TV said, "Under Saddam's rule it was Hell, with the US here...(long pause)...it is worse!"

Anyone with a half ounce of brains would have realized that sending American troops into a country in the ME would wreak havoc! Obviously, that is what the US meant to do! I just don't think that anyone foresaw how impossible it would be to untangle the mess once we got it started. (At least the "war" keeps us from looking at other problems in the US, according to Dubya and cronies....)(When was the last time you heard about Social Security going bankrupt? about our high infant mortality rate? about a poor economy? about the mess that is called "education" in the US? etc. etc., ad nauseum......)

Answer 8

Your question should say "IS", because Iraq is happening now.

Yes it does create more violence, but that is only because those who are withered in the thought that we are an enemy grows. It only happens because the timeline has given a chance for more hatred against the US.

If we were to take down the "bad guys" in a second then there would be no time to corrupt minds of these days to exist.

We're working more towards Iraqi Freedom, and they are working at the same speed. They are fighting at the same speed in fear that we're winning.

Answer 9

The invasion is not the caused.
What we overlook was "Bad moon rising" in making a mess in their own backyards that got living human kind all at loss and blurr with what went wrong out there in planet of apes.
Luke 21. 8-10

Answer 10

Yes there were. It was state-sponsored then, so it got no air time. They have freedom now. No jack-booted thugs torturing their families in front of them if they show any backbone anymore, so old feuds crop up. With CNN on every corner, it all gets broadcast all over the world. Under Saddam, it only appeared peaceful. In reality, everyone lived in constant fear of being 'outed' by a neighbor of family member for being 'disloyal'. There was also the danger of being rounded up and executed because Saddam or one of his boys thought it was time for an example to keep the people under control.

Answer 11

To your primary question, I, a Conservative, agree 100%. The violence absolutely, in multiples of 100X, increased after our invasion.

To your secondary point, the Kurds and Shia might disagree. Only then they did almost all of the dying, and little of the killing.