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0 pointsKorematsuFred7y ago0 comments

The big exception is that trade with China has vastly benefited these countries and continues to benefit. US political aspirations on other hand have destroyed south american countries and middle east.

Authoritarian governments are a strictly better alternative to the current conditions in many societies. Some form of government is better than completely feudal civil war. Who can today say that Saddam Hussein was worse for Iraq than the current US led mess the country has been into ? More people have died, more children dead, more women raped and more wealth destroyed for US attempts to throw away dictator and put democracy in order.

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thefounder7y ago

All the changes come with a price. U.S had its own civil war. Compare South Korea with North Korea.

I believe the Iraq story went so bad because the invasion was based on a lie so once Saddam was killed there was nothing left to do(based on the initial plan). Even so in the long run it might prove to be a good thing for Iraq.

As far as I'm concerned all dictators must die. People have the right to be free. We should just make sure the price is not too high and take more responsability to handle things once the top dog is put down.

Iraq and most of the middle east was already is a big mess. Look at the rate of illiteracy in Afganistan. These people live in tribes. They execut/ed people in public markets. You can't expect them to organize themselves as soon as the ruler is out. They need leadership and infrastructure(i.e education, jobs) that the U.S never planned to provide.

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