The part you miss is that Saddam, himself, was a terrorist, and one of the worst. Have you forgotten that he invaded Kuwait?
Trump loyalty continues to pickle minds....
No I haven’t forgotten that or any of the other bad things he did.
But sometimes you have to make a bad guy an ally to keep even badder guys from coming to power.
Invading Kuwait, of course, had nothing at all to do with any normal definition of terrorism, and our overthrowing the Iraqi government had nothing to do with stopping terrorism. It was about Utopian nation building, spreading democracy, trying to bring extra unnecessary closure to an earlier war we had already won, etc. If we were itching for an extra war with radical Muslims, there were far better choices than non-theocratic Iraq, but of course that was never the point.
All that war accomplished was to distract from attacking actual terrorists in Afgahnistan and elsewhere, to strengthen the real radical Islamic state of Iran (by eliminating their only strong enemy in the region), and to open up a clear and easy path for terrorists to step into power in Iraq—not to mention all the deaths, injuries, and wasted billions. History shows us that a strong government/dictator is the best means of keeping radical Muslims in check in the Middle East. Look at the craziness that erupted after the Arab Spring alone. Dictators want total control; the terrorists want a theocracy based on the Koran and Sharia. These are very antagonistic goals. We could hardly have divised a better way of aiding the spread of terrorism in the region than what we did.
Fortunately, the average American is waking up to how the globalist, no borders, neo-con elites of both parties keep taking advantage of them, including in their unnecessary wars and foreign meddling that have little or nothing to do with the interests of regular Americans (and actually often work directly against those interests). Just because a Republican president was responsible for that particular war doesn’t mean we have to keep blinders on to reality.