Originally posted by che2318
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The civilian death toll (certainly in Iraq, quite possibly in Afghanistan too) would have been much higher had their regimes stayed in place according to estimates by a number of organisations (Human Rights Watch, UN, Amnesty International) because of the nature of the dictatorial regimes in those countries.
It is also quite arguable that the toppling of Saddam Hussein and the introduction of democracy in Iraq is a significant factor in ushering in the so-called "Arab spring" and creating better civilian life in Tunisia & Egypt and hopefully (eventually) Libya too. This has encouraged agreement between the two major Palestinian factions, with the possible outcome being that Hamas moves away from it's militant position supporting terrorism. (Lets not forget that Saddam's regime paid a "bounty" to the families of suicide bombers in Israel/Palestine)
I have a feeling that we haven't quite seen the end of the positive effects of what has happened in the middle east (nor, to be fair, the negative effects as well)
The death of anyone (Saddam, Bin-Laden, et al included) is not necessarily a good thing, no matter how desirable it might be. The death of innocent civilians is most certainly bad - whether they be from the west, the middle east, Persia, the Indian subcontinent or wherever but its easy for people like us to oppose things - it's much harder to be a politician in government who has to make a choice between a number of bad options with the potential for terrible consequences should they fail to choose the least worst option...
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