[jdsteel]

I am serious. Saddam was on the US's side fighting against the Ayatollahs 1980-1988. There was no threat to the USA from Saddy. in fact leaving him in charge would have meant no 9/11, no Iran nuke threat, no Islamik state, etc.

You may be serious but you are very foolish. Saddam was most assuredly NOT on our side. Yes, we sold them arms to offset the Soviet Unions support of Iran. The phrase used at the time was “I hope they both lose”. Saddam threatened the free flow of oil at market prices. That, as I said, was a vital national and global resource. Your fantasy that there would have been no 9/11, Iranian nuke threat or Islamic State is quite delusional and 100% conjecture.

Even worse than that, you are uninteresting.

[Cronos]

Saddam threatened the flow of oil, but at the same time he was a bulwark against Iran

It's not a fantasy -- look at AlQaeda's turn towards attacking America - it was caused by American troops on Saudi soil

The problem is that you are stuck in the fantasy that GWI was rah-rah good, while it was nothing more than at the behest of the Saudis