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Originally posted by Spanky
We might prefer a dictator if it would mean a better economy, but not a genocidal dictator. A genocidal dictator is never the right option. However, in this case not only did you have a genocidal dictator but one that also was destroying the economy.
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You had juxtaposed the domestic economy with foreign dictators, implying you were pointing to damage to the US economy. She was asking if deposing foreign dictators was in the US interest if it were ruinous to the US economy.
Yes, Saddam was bad for the Iraqi economy, but was deposing Saddam good for the US economy?
