Plasmaball
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This disaster dates back to 2003, when we invaded Iraq and took out Saddam, who provided a strategic counter-balance to Iran and a firewall against organized terror.
An invasion, as it turns out, that has cost us over a trillion dollars of borrowed money, over 4,000 young American lives, and many more thousands lost American limbs and minds.
So, probably not really a bargain to this point.
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How did Saddam become a counterweight to organized terrorism? He was a terrorist too, by all definitions of the word. He committed systematic genocide of his opposition and of innocent people. He used those chemical weapons we found to intimidate people into submission. The man was a murderer and the Iraqis hailed his demise. I would hardly call that a disaster my friend.
well anyone with an ounce of knowledge about the area would understand Saddam was a stop gap from something like ISIL ever happening, since the European powers constructed the Middle East.
Saddam gassing his own people is not a threat to american safety.