@WahbAllat@mas.to @breadandcircuses

I got the impression, that under saddam, despite him being brutal, Iraq was fairly safe, partly as those who could / tried to cause trouble where dealt with with deadly, robust force. Granted at times this may have included use of chemical weapons.

During the wests invasion, other than it being illegal, no plans were made on what to actually do, so disband the police, army (who knew exactly who troublemakers werem, and kept them under some degree of control)

Hence Iraq descended in to chaos, groups such as ISIS rose up out of this and the west was powerless and clueless as to how to deal with things in an effective way.

As Iraq, I think is mostly an Islamic country, then let people there decide what they want.