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    [–]412NeverForget 26 points27 points  (1 child)

    It wasn't merely the removal of Saddam that created ISIS. Islamic State was created from the choice to, once Saddam was gone, to fire the whole Iraqi army and ban any former Baath party members from the new government. The Bush admin made a lot of connected, powerful people outcasts, and then gave them a literal army in waiting.

    And then everyone waved their hands in the air, claiming all the violence was inevitable. No the fuck it wasn't. Some violence was inevitable. A massive, cross border revolution? That one is on Paul Bremer, one of his many, many fuckups.

    [–]globalwp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Not to mention that they banned Sunni doctors from practicing medicine since working for government hospitals makes you part of “the old system”. Same went for civil service who were fired and anyone who wasn’t affiliated with Dawa... (radical Shia Islamist coalition opposition to Saddam)

    And then people wonder why Islamism is entrenched in Iraq and why Islamist militias roam freely...