Islamic Caliphate

[Mr Khan]

bouzane said:

Kane1389 said:

This is in no way, shape or form the fault of the United States. 

Once again you make a sement that is the polar opposite of what makes sense. This is 100% the fault of the United States. The US removed Saddam from power, failed to rebuild Iraq, then funded the ISIS terrorists in their war with the regime in Syria. Again, undeniably the fault of the United States.

The poor job of nationbuilding in Iraq is the big one, although to be fair to us Americans, Iraq is really a country that shouldn't exist as a cohesive political entity, but it was too tall of an order for the US and coalition allies to partition the country outright.

A stronger dose of federalization should have been the better idea; more local control for regional governments to help ease sectarian tensions.

Iraq is definitely better off without Saddam. It's not like the Iraqis themselves could have overthrown him peacefully (it's not a homogenous society like South Korea or Chile, who overthrew their dictators peacefully). It would have been just as bad as Syria had Saddam's downfall come endogenously.