Trump's Saddam praise earns bipartisan scorn

[KamaAina]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-praise-saddam-hussein-225149

Donald Trump has been lamenting the death of Saddam Hussein for months. On Tuesday, in yet another sign that the general election is less hospitable territory than the Republican primary, his repeated praise of the late Iraqi dictator finally caught up with him.

"He was a bad guy — really bad guy," the presumptive Republican nominee told supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina. "But you know what? He did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didn't read them the rights. They didn't talk. They were terrorists. Over. Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism."

Trump has maintained that he opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq from the outset, although he offered support in September 2002 during an interview with Howard Stern. (“Are you for invading Iraq?” Stern asked. “Yeah, I guess so," Trump replied.)...

“Donald Trump's praise for brutal strongmen seemingly knows no bounds. He has applauded the strength China showed in the Tiananmen Square massacre, offered admiration for Kim Jong Un's murderous consolidation of power in North Korea, and consistently lavished praise on Vladimir Putin," Jake Sullivan, Clinton's top foreign policy aide, said in a statement. "Tonight, Trump yet again lauded Saddam Hussein as a great killer of terrorists, noting with approval that he never bothered to read anyone their rights. In reality, Hussein's regime was a sponsor of terrorism – one that paid families of suicide bombers who attacked Israelis, among other crimes. Trump's cavalier compliments for brutal dictators, and the twisted lessons he seems to have learned from their history, again demonstrate how dangerous he would be as Commander-in-Chief and how unworthy he is of the office he seeks.”

[IggleDoer]

1. Among the "terrorists" he killed were the Kurds.

Or as Condyloma Rice used to say, "He gassed his own people!" Wonder howbthe Kurds feel being labeled as terrorists.

[tonyt53]

2. Notice anything in common about all of those "leaders" mentioned. All want/wanted absolute power.

[Matrosov]

3. The US used to praise Saddam

Back when he invaded Iran. Then he was our good friend, even when he was using chemical weapons against the Kurds.

His biggest crime was threatening our oil supply by invading Kuwait and gearing up to do the same with Saudi Arabia.

That's how our hero became a zero.

The well being of the average Iraqi has never factored into our policy toward Saddam and Iraq, even back when Baby Bush was trying to use Saddam's mistreatment of the Iraqi people as an excuse to justify the invasion, after those nasty WMDs were never found.