Re: McCain on Iraq - Withdrawl will lead to civil war
so a destructive 8 yr war with its neighbor , a unsuccessful annexation of neighboring state , brutal persecution of hundreds of thousands is your defination of successful order ? mashallah I am not defending occupation of iraq here but it doesnt mean we try to justify everyhting that saddam did under the excuse of mainting order
I'm not saying that everything he did was justified. I'm solely pointing out that he did a better job of keeping order in the country than years of democracy have managed.
Even in the midst of an 8 year war against a larger neighbouring country... Saddam did not lose control of cities to mere militia.
Saddam was able to defeat insurgency through being willing to persecute hundreds of thousands. The funny thing about large insurgencies, particularly in urban areas, is that they can only be defeated by doing terrible things to the population base that supports them. The very nature of democracy renders it incapable of being able to carry out the horrific things that are needed to smash an insurgency.