[Livia]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

The thing is that not all of these issues can be attributed to our intervention in Iraq or anywhere else. These countries were ruled by brutal dictators that kept the population in line through kidnap, torture and mass murder. Thats all these people have known for generations. So when no-one is there to keep the fear, its replaced by others taking their place. That is the true result of what we have today. It stems from generations of abuse of the population in those countries.

Its easy to blame the USA and the UK, but the world was a **** place in those countries long before we intervened.

Great post.