What would the Middle East be like if the US didn't invade Iraq (either time)? [View all]
I have to wonder what the middle east would be like today if the US didn't invade Kuwait/Iraq in 1990 and certainly if the 2003 invasion didn't happen.
Would Saddam have been able to control and integrate Kuwait? Would someone other than the US respond? Would he have attempted to continue his expansion into Saudi Arabia or elsewhere?
And then there is the 2003 invasion. What do you think the Middle East and Iraq would look like if that didn't happen (regardless of your feelings on 1990)? Many people write articles that assume Saddam would still be alive in 2014, but he would be 77 this year. Would his kids be in charge? Would the entire place fall apart?
My feeling on one aspect of this is that the 2003 Iraq invasion trained many of the people fighting today. I'm not sure that tactics and weapons would be so advanced without the 2003 invasion.
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