“Saddam kept Iran and Islamic radicals in check.”
Iraq under Saddam Hussein saw severe violations of human rights, which were considered to be among the worst in the world. Secret police, state terrorism, torture, mass murder, genocide, ethnic cleansing, rape, deportations, extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, assassinations, chemical warfare, and the destruction of the Mesopotamian marshes were some of the methods Saddam and the country’s Ba’athist government used to maintain control.
And besides firing missiles into Israel and attacking his neighbors like Kuwait, he was collaborating with the biggest terrorist of the time in Osama ben Laden giving him safe haven and medical assistance for his kidneys in Baghdad.
And this is the guy that was also attempting to start a nuclear program to go with his chemical stockpile. Not better off.
wy69
but the trains DID run on time.
“he was collaborating with the biggest terrorist of the time in Osama ben Laden giving him safe haven and medical assistance for his kidneys in Baghdad.”
Sure he was.......
US under buyden?