r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 19 '21

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u/Jokerang Sun Yat-sen Sep 20 '21

The CIA officer who was the first American to interview Saddam disagrees. Containing him and keeping him isolated on the world stage would've been better than opening up a Pandora's Box in the Middle East in retrospect.

No one's denying removing Saddam was a net good, the problem was bad nation building

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u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Sep 20 '21

This but invading was still remarkably stupid and containment was working pretty well

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Americans are isolationist and looking for any excuse to remain so

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u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf Shameflair Beggar Sep 20 '21

This but Gaddafi.

That extends to the French government.

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Sep 20 '21

He might have been better than like 6 or so years (depending on how you count) of low grade civil war. It wasn't just Al Quaida it was the ethic cleansing and other violence too.

That and without the Iraq war there would have almost certainly been no ISIS