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Originally Posted by MJM
I actually watched a documentary once that followed a couple of a Iraqis before and after the invasion. Devout haters of Sadam before, wished he was back later. Iraq was turned into a third world country over night. These particular people still didn't have running water one year after he was overthrown. Wish I could remember the name of it. I think it was on CBC.
I don't think what puckluck is saying is that far out there.
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Wow you watched a documentary on CBC, a state-funded news organization in a country that didn’t support the Iraqi war, and you came to this conclusion, eh. Colour me shocked.
Unless someone here has first hand or family experience of life in Iraq, which, incidentally, is radically different for different segments of the Iraqi people, I don’t think anyone’s opinion of whether the previous regime was better or worse is even worth speculating on.
I’m amazed that anyone would claim Saddam was good for stablity in the region though - when he wasn’t using poison gas on his country’s citizens, what about launching ballistic missiles at their nuclear capable neighbors? How did that enhance security in the middle east?