America made Saddam

During the mid 2000's it was popular among the dim of wit, and big of mouth, to claim that Saddam was created by America.

During the mid 2000's it was popular among the dim of wit, and big of mouth, to claim that Saddam was created by America. That kind of rhetoric tends to come from the uninformed, the trolls, or both. Saddam was never "our boy" like some claim.

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~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2005-08-04

World politics is tough; you deal with the cards you are dealt at the time.

We had been dealt Saddam Hussien in a time when Iran became a bigger threat. He seemed like he would be reasonable and was a counter balance to Iran (thus helping to stabilize the region). He was more a friend of France and USSR, and got his weapons mostly from them, but we were starting to deal with him.

However, he quickly showed his true colors (gassings and chemical weapons and so on), and quickly resisted any attempts at civility.

The French and Russians didn't let his immorality get in the way of their amorality -- we did.

We kept trying to persuade him to be reasonable and work with him, but he resisted and our relations kept breaking down. That's the way it works -- you give people a certain benefit of the doubt until they prove you wrong.

We never “liked” Iraq because they were anti-Israel and pro-Soviet. We dealt with them a little after Iran took hostages to see if we could cultivate any sort of civility, and because we had no choice -- he was there, like it or not.

We realized we couldn't deal with him, and he was a fanatic. Europe didn’t let fanaticism get in the way of taking his money and oil; and France and Russia helped him build a Nuclear Reactor, sold him weapons, gave him training and were helping him get the bomb. Our dealing with Saddam didn't start until 15 years after his rise to power, and never extended to a fraction of that which we've had with most other countries and leaders. So once again, those attacking the U.S. had better avoid mirrors. While we are far from flawless, nor are we wrong at everything we do.

👁️ See also

Iraq War - Disagree with American policy or bumbling implementations of that policy. Be anti-war. Just be honest and consistent
Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11 - The war on Islamic terror didn't start on 9/11 and wasn't about Osama Bin Laden, they were symptoms of something bigger.
Preemptive War - Iraq was the first preemptive war except for all the others.
Legality of Iraq war - No war is legal or illegal, there's only moral or immoral -- and all wars are immoral (some just more than others).
Give it more time... - Some have said we should have waited for France or the U.N. to change their minds, or for sanctions to work...
Violence never solved anything - Some say war/violence is wrong or that it never solves anything. It ended many wars and most mass murderers just fine.
Bush lied - Bush didn't lie: the world's intelligence disagreed on specifics, but all agreed that Saddam was trying to get WMD's.
Valerie Plame - Ex-CIA agent lies that she was outted by Bush Admin. Media perpetuates the lies for years.
Quotes/Iraq War - Leftists want to pretend they had nothing to do with the Iraq War. History (and these quotes) begs to differ.
Muslims can't do democracy - Muslims aren't capable of a successful democracy".
Iraq/Set a date for withdrawal - Some claimed we should set a hard date and pull out of Iraq. That's stupid. Never telegraph your moves to the opposition.
America made Saddam - During the mid 2000's it was popular among the dim of wit, and big of mouth, to claim that Saddam was created by America.
Iraq is because of Israel-Palestine - Israel/Palestine is a convenient scapegoat for all problems in the middle east. But only rubes buy it as the root problem.
Iraq is because of oil - All the time I hear people say that the U.S. invaded Iraq because of oil, money, or some other dumber reason. Oil is not a dumb reason.
The U.S. targeted innocents - I’m flabbergasted that such stupidity is ever said, let alone how often I’ve heard it repeated.
Iraq War Costs - Everything comes with costs, action or inaction. The price of war, the price of peace.
Patriot Act - The 2002 version doens't bug me, what it might devolve into does. (Is it a slippery slope).
Halliburton - NYT invented “evil conspiracy” to pay off a company for cheating us. The rubes believed it.
Guantanamo - The left made a big deal about Guantanamo, where we had the right to treat people far worse than we did.
Abu Ghraib - Abu Ghraib was one small group of U.S. Soldiers that something bad things, were caught and punished quickly.
Security in Iraq - Militarily Iraq was one of the greatest successes in the history of mankind. Sociologically? We'll see.
Americans are imperialists - People that say Americans are imperialists don’t understand America (or what imperialism means).
Iraq's impact on Terrorism - Poverty doesn't cause terrorism; totalitarianism and a lack of control does.
We should have done nothing - Of course we can’t know if doing nothing is ever the better choice or not. But we can look at some facts.

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