re: #125 Bob Levin

Why is there no mention of Saddam’s Iraqi victims? Generally, for truth, I never put faith in politicians. But there can be no question about Saddam’s horrible, sadistic, and treacherous nature. If he was still in power, the number of his victims would be rising at an alarming rate.

Saddam was a steel-plated murdering asshole. I do not think anyone (here) would deny that.

He was a steel-plated murdering asshole the whole time the U.S. supported him, too. So are a whole lot of people now in power who will remain in power because their countries are politically and geographically irrelevant to the First World (Zimbabwe, Burma), or too hard to take on (North Korea), or too useful (Saudi Arabia, Pakistan).

The Third World War has basically taken place in Africa this last twenty years, and the world didn’t blink.

I decline the ‘but Saddam was an asshole’ excuse. It’s true, but it’s not part of U.S. motivation for taking him out.