Trump praises Saddam Hussein's efficient killing of 'terrorists,'

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(07-07-2016, 12:07 AM)Millhouse Wrote: I disagree in large part due to the fact we decimated his military in the first Gulf War. Even though he still enough power to remain in power, he didnt have a security appartus to deal with groups like ISIS and his other enemies like he had prior to 1991. He had anything but a stable government post 1991.

What is setting the Middle East back right now is the Syrian civil war, which allowed ISIS to fester and grow like gangrene on a wounded leg. If Syria never imploded like it did, Iraq would be better off post- Saddam and ISIS never would have evolved like is unfortunately has. 

Regardless though, until those countries learn to separate religion and their governments, they will always be 'set back' compared to the rest of the world.

All that said, Trump is a buffoon. Hillary sucks. Worst presidential nominees that I can think of without looking it up going back to the 1910s-1920s.

Stable in the sense that he had control over the country.

He was an evil man...but having him there kept a balance in the region.  He was more than likely bluffing about everything but no one was going to challenge him to find out.

Kind of like "mutually assured destruction".