Look, he was a brutal dictator. His elections were a farce, and he brutally cracked down on anyone who opposed him.
I was excited to see him taken down. It's an objectively good thing that he's no longer in power.
The problem is, whenever we do this kind of regime change, the puppet government we replace him with proves powerless (or unwilling) to stop the rise of terrorists and criminals that truly take over the country.
Chaos and destabilization ensue, which often leads to people fleeing to the US and other countries as refugees in even greater numbers.
Over time, we discover that the reasons we were told that removing him was necessary were exaggerations and outright lies, and that the real reasons had more to do with access to oil, toppling a government that wasn't part of the petrodollar system, and expanding global domination.
We also discover that our own intelligence and enforcement agencies helped give rise to the terrorists and criminals who took over on the streets. Blowback from that in the future is all but assured.
If we put boots on the ground, we're now risking the lives of our loved ones, not to mention all the innocent civilians who will die. All over something we should've never stuck our noses into.
The American taxpayer gets stuck with the bill, and the only people who truly benefit are oil companies, defense contractors, and central bankers.
And that's why I was wrong to support the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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