The basic logic of suicide bombing is "I will sacrifice my own life, but I am going to take a lot of people down with me". By that measure, Saddam was remarkeably succesful--far better than any of the 9/11 hijackers. Together, the 9/11 suiciders killed <3,000 Americans, and 0 Iraqis. Saddam has already taken more Americans with him, plus tens of thousands of Iraqis. And the toll will contiinue to rise.</p>
Now, I am not suggesting that Saddam willingly gave his life. I am sure he clung to survival like a drowning rat. But I am talking about the overall impact of his death. You can dress it up however you want, but getting Saddam was one of Bush's major motivations for going to war with Iraq. Remember Bush's line:
"After all, this is a guy who tried to kill my dad at one time."
And so we killed him. At no small cost.
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