Originally posted by almawsil
That was the war of so called the operation Iraqi freedom!!!
Let us discus this event from different points of you., some American still believe that they did well to the Iraqis and some reject that opinion and insist telling the truth of the real situation in Iraq ,without any political interest or any point of views based on hatred or racisms backgrounds. Let us be open- minded and practice some of your freedom which you gave us in that year of getting red of saddam hussain and ………

Would Iraqis and Iraq be better off if Saddam had remained in power and not been removed?

Sadly enough, yes. They may have stopped Hussein's use of political jails and torture and spared the Iraqis from Uday Hussein but all they really did was finish off what little remained of the infrastructure after Gulf War II in 1991; poisoned the environment, populace and allied troops with depleted uranium and God knows what else; and killed multitudes of people.

Originally posted by poet1b
How many people in Iraq were killed by insurgents, who have continuously fought to keep the death tolls high, and maintain disorder in Iraq, in their efforts to stop the U.S. from developing a democracy in Iran?

If these religious insurgences, who seem most intent on creating an Islamic state through intimidation and coercion, had really cared about the people of Iraq, they would have left it up to the democratic process. At the very least they would have allowed the state to stabilize, and U.S. troops to leave, before attempting to achieve their political goals.

The religious extremist insurgence have created most of the problems in Iraq, not the U.S.. The U.S. military could be gone by now.

The religious extremist insurgence have created most of the problems in Iraq, not the U.S.. The U.S. military could be gone by now.

Who did allow the insurgence to get into Iraq, who gave them Excuses to do all thses mass of destruction?

Mainly they were home grown insurgents, following one cause or another depending on where their loyalties lay. Some did come from outside of Iraq, and the U.S. military tried to seal the borders as best as possible. Their extreme religious views apparently gave them the excuse to murder innocent people to further their own cause.

Nobody has claimed that there weren't components of the U.S. military who did things that they should not have done, but to put all the blame on the U.S. for what has happened in Iraq is blinding oneself to the realities.

Don't forget, the embargoes were place on Iraq to keep Saddam from obtaining weapons to attack his neighbors, which seemed to be his main objective in life.

If you don't want to read different perspectives on the whole thing, why post here?