Posted on 06/26/2014 5:24:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It is pointless to hypothetically analyze this. We had two no fly zones in affect over Iraq. In the North, to protect the Kurds. And in the south to protect the Shia. Would terrorists have been able to gain a hold in Iraq when Saddam was more or less sequestered around Baghdad ? Eventually yes. Would terrorists have proliferated faster without ground troops in Iraq in these Saddam-lite regions ? Probably yes. Bill Clinton is ignoring the no fly zones because it does not help his crooked miserable wife.
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists][Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]
Everybody forgets that Saddam supported the Sunni jihadists who tried to overthrow Hafez Assad in the early 80’s, so what makes people think he wouldn’t support the current generation of Sunni jihadists in Syria. Also, Saddam would have brutally cracked down on the Arab Spring like Qaddafi and Assad and liberals would have clamored for a humanitarian intervention in Iraq, similar to Libya and Syria.
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