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see man and i just heard that the iran dictator open fired on his people! it could get ugly thats all im saying

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I dont know if this counts but I hear that Libyan dictator is having some protests against him in the same way Egypt did.

I dont know if this counts but I hear that Libyan dictator is having some protests against him in the same way Egypt did.

I'm glad. We don't have to interfere.

The problem in Iraq was that the US wanted Iraq to be "liberated" but the people didn't want it. In Egypt, the US didn't want Egypt to be liberated but the people did. Which one was successful?

Actually, in Iraq, they were liberated but there was no plan on what to do post liberation.

Actually, in Iraq, they were liberated but there was no plan on what to do post liberation.

The people didn't want to be liberated.

then why were they so happy that saddam fell?
and i remember seeing videos on the news of iraquis cheering when american trucks drove past... sounds like they were pretty happy to me

If the Iraqis wanted Saddam Hussein to leave, they would've done it without our help.

No, they couldn't have. Iraq has the 9th largest army in the world and said army backed Saddam fully. The Kurd insurgents tried to overthrow Saddam. Saddam responded by engaging in genocide in the Al-Anfal campign, including deploying GB (Sarin) Nerve gas, Mustard Gas (a blistering chemical weapon) and razing Kurdish villages.

Saddam was convicted of war crimes and excuted by hanging.

They didn't want to overthrow Saddam because he had a large army.

Listen to yourself, that is like saying the slaves didn't want to be freed because of the army in the US.

They didn't want to because they couldn't.

so you dont want that brand new shiny car that just came out because you cant afford it? I want it, i just recognize that right now, i cant have it