re: #230 BongCrodny

I never considered Bush an idiot.

But to be fair, I never considered him useful, either.

I don’t know, history will tell. It’s interesting to think about the hypothetical possibilities with Iraq. Suppose we never invaded. They certainly never would have let inspectors back in with the rivals in Iran working on nukes. I think it’s a stretch to tie Iraq’s liberation caused the Arab spring. Suppose Iraqis started to rise up with Saddam in power? They certainly wouldn’t be able to topple Saddam on their own. Would we put boots on the ground? Would post Saddam Iraq have been better off as an Arab Spring revolt? Worse? Would the post Saddam government be very pro US after we left them hanging so many times in the past? It’s all pretty sketchy stuff but Saddam was going to be dealt with eventually, probably by the US. It was only a matter of time.