DonFerrari said:
John2290 said: If a certain three countries would stop killing people with drones, airstrikes and guided missiles or if America and the UK had went to Afganistan only, kept away from Iraq and not destabalized the whole middle east then this would not be happening right now. This mess is on the US, France and the UKs hands and they should be the ones to fit the bill but the whole world should help to fix the problem. |
Yes, the problem surely would have been solved by itself if USA hadn't participated... like it was even solved before USA even get there.
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Yeah, Saddam Hussein wasn't really a benevolent dictator... He tried to annex Kuwait, punished the Kurds, and even resorted to using chemical weapons. Bush Jr's biggest mistake when he decided to invade Iraq was not having a clearcut plan after Saddam was thrown off.
Also, I'm always confused by the "This is the US's fault, so it should fix the problem" argument. Sure, the US didn't offer much help and even caused harm, but it is also up to the Iraqis, the Afghanis, and so forth, to step up to the plate and enact positive change. So while it's on the US for its incompetency, it's also on the Middle Easterners for not changing for the better. After all, it was their choice to act that way.