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opinion like this can only come from someone who have lived a life of privilege, thousands mils away from systematic violence or hunger someone in a war torn country constantly have to face.

For an average individual going about their day, lack of political freedom is a 100x better option than lack of food or security that Iraq (or Libya or Afghanistan) went through.



>For an average individual going about their day, lack of political freedom is a 100x better option than lack of food or security

I couldn't agree with you more. I can think of at least one excellent example of this.

But in the case of Iraq there is no question in my mind that deposing saddam was the right thing to do.

If anything the person i was replying to was lecturing op, apparently an actual Iranian, about why American involvement is bad for him.




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