Saddam was the glue

[SHRED]

Bush is the anarchy.


Based on results.

[Erika]

1. Saddam was secular

and kept things under control. Women had rights, Christians had rights, now that is gone. Thanks W.

[havocmom]

2. Saddam was Tito, holding together a politically arranged nation

made of groups that had no national identity together.

It usually takes a brutal dictator to pull that trick off.

[flying_monkeys]

3. I'll just "Thumbs up" your post.

Hobbled together Nations rarely survive.....

[antiimperialist]

4. Saddam was a murderer

The problem with Saddam and with the invasion is that the US was his buddy all throughout the 70's and the 80's, even though they KNEW he was a ruthless murderous dictator, who killed thousands of Iranians with chemical weapons, even though the use of these weapons constitute and constituted a war crime back then. But all the US did through donald rumsfeld was go and shake his hand.
Only when he was useless to the government did it decide to topple him.

The relatives of the victims killed and tortured by Saddam don't want to hear about no glue theory. But it's sad that the US will allow dictators to commit atrocities for decades before we decide to take the oil and take them to justice.

[SHRED]

6. I didn't mean that "glue" was good

[Kiouni]

8. Agreed

He was a murderer and should have been removed from power but transions in government do not always have to be bloody. Look at us we just took back our government from a tyrannical majority and i see hope. The glue theory has merit only in response to why iraq did not initially collapse in civil war but the solution is not "put saddam back."

[Erika]

9. Saddam's trial has shown little interest by anyone

other than the U.S. You need to get with reality.

[Erika]

11. Welcome n/t

[Bigmack]

5. At least Saddam's violence...

was predictable. The violence now is totally random.

[pa28]

7. Either way another bad chapter for an unfortunate people.

First life under a repressive dictator.

Now life in a dangerous, desperate and impoverished war zone.

Bush took us into this ego-driven war without a plan and without a reason. It's bad for us but the Iraqis are going to pay the real price.

[Erika]

10. The Iraqis are paying the price for W's ego

at www.icasualties.org As are our military.