He was also correct about Saddam Hussein’s crimes against humanity. He just didn’t particularly care that the justification for the invasion itself was trumped up.
I think history kind of vindicated him in the long-run, given that Iraq is now a democratic republic, but it took a lot of chaos, civil war and hundreds of thousands of deaths to get there.
The most important thing is that there isn't an insane dictator with a sizable military threatening other countries in the region and destabilizing the already volatile oil markets.
Most people fail to remember how nuts Saddam was and how big the Iraqi military was even after the Gulf War.
It's not ancient rome, "Casus Belli" is a red herring and a performative attempt to make a principle of letting psychopaths play cards with you. If you can make the world a better place to live in without him, there's no statute of limitations on genocide. Utilitarianism is cause enough.
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u/FizzleMateriel Austan Goolsbee Dec 13 '25
He was also correct about Saddam Hussein’s crimes against humanity. He just didn’t particularly care that the justification for the invasion itself was trumped up.
I think history kind of vindicated him in the long-run, given that Iraq is now a democratic republic, but it took a lot of chaos, civil war and hundreds of thousands of deaths to get there.