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Old 05-27-2015, 05:57 PM   #83 (permalink)
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Am I not right in saying though that he was backed by Russia? Weren't they the ones who kept holding out on joining the "Coalition of the Willing" (Jesus!) and who kept blocking UN resolutions? And didn't they/aren't they now doing the same thing about Assad? All the Arab nations would have been behind Saddam, no? He was an arab leader...
The Middle East has been fighting each other since they knew what fighting was. A new dictator rises, the other nations smack him down. Actually uniting behind a common leader like that is simply unheard of. If they did, the World - not just the US - would have a serious problem. But, considering that hasn't happened in the couple thousands years they've been fighting each other, I wouldn't count on it happening in our life times.
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