Are Middle Easterners glad we took out Saddam?

Question

I know this is old news, but do you think that the people of Iraq are at least grateful we got rid of Saddam Hussien? I don't see how they cannot, since he's one of the worst dictators of this century. I remember seeing this listing of the worst dictators of this century in Time magazine and he was at number three, behind Hitler and Mussolini (Rafeal Trujillo was at 4th, but in my opinion he should of been at number 3). I con understand them not liking the U.S's presence too much since they probably feel bullied or w/e. But, don't they at least like us for killing S.H and wanting to build a democracy in Iraq (cuz their way of life and customs are seriously ****** up(especially how they treat their women).

Answer 1

I am pretty certain that Israel is.

Careful who you lump into the "middle easterners" category Israel, though it is "stuck" amid the seemingly 16th century Middle East, is a modern, democratic, country that respects the rights of all it's citizens, even the Arabs that yearn to kill them, and especially their women.

another minor correction: we did not kill Saddam. His own people did the honors, we just caught his sorry behind so they could.

Shalom

Answer 2

Highly perceptive question, De Leon!

People said, in the years after World War II in which 50 million people died because of the Great Dictators, if only someone had acted to stop Hitler in time, when he could still have been stopped at little cost. The quote from Edmund Burke comes to mind: All that is needed for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

President Bush, Prime Minister Blair and some other leaders took this quote to heart and in 2003, they acted. They removed the third-worst dictator of the Twentieth Century, at about one ten-thousandth of the cost of removing Hitler.

The majority of people now seem to regard this action as a huge mistake. The basic problem seems to be that no one could have guessed that people in the Middle East, as well as huge numbers in the US and Britain and round the world, would think that removing the tyrant is wrong. Many feel that, despite his vast number of killings and uncounted atrocities, he had some sort of legitimate right to be the dictator he was and to kill whomever he wished to kill.

So long as Americans, Britons, Germans (imagine!) and Middle Easterners believe Hussain was the good guy and we are the bad guys, our efforts in the Middle East are doomed to fail.

It's as though, after World War II, most people had insisted that Hitler was the hero and Roosevelt and Churchill complete failures. Imagine what those who fought Hitler must think. Imagine what the fifty million who died in his war would think!

Answer 3

I think the people of Iraq probably don't compare Saddam's reign with some hypothetical ideal. They compare the way it was with the way it is now. And the way it is now is far worse than the way it was. We destroyed almost all the infrastructure of the country, from water systems to power systems to hospitals to bridges, and we've managed to rebuild almost none of it. The economy is in ruins, and few people can find jobs. Most residents have lost loved ones in the war. They live in fear every day, and their nation seems to be descending into chaos. If you ask the average Iraqi why the US invaded, they don't see any noble motives. They believe we just wanted their oil. If you look at how many evil dictators we've overthrown in nations without oil, it's hard to argue with them.

I suspect that the way to earn their gratitude does not include telling them that "Their way of life and customs are seriously ****** up." This is the very attitude that is making us enemies around the world.

Answer 4

the opportunities of that occurring are so distant, it is not even particularly worth speaking approximately. bear in mind a million common subject, Israel is a nuclear capability and is beset on all aspects with the aid of those that desire to destroy the Jews. If Israel is definitely attacked and approximately to be destroyed, assume them to pay off all expenses for some thousand years of persecution.

Answer 5

After the betrayal of Judas.
They missed him.
With all the good things in life they had back in the past.
Now living in misery.
Back to square one.

Answer 6

They USED to be... -Until they realised that we weren't going to take OURSELVES out of Iraq without turning it into a clone of Democracy. That's when they started to "show us the door"- and the barrels of their guns.

Answer 7

no,not because we like saddam,but because you brought the worest people ever to take his place