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Originally Posted by archiveuk
1) IF US HAD NOT INVADED civil war would still have happened. Saddam was not going to live forever and sectarian division was only getting more intense while he was in power. (2) Other countries even less concerned with the quality of life of ordinary Iraqis were already trying to invade Iraq. Saudi Arabia Iran and Turkey, have all made attempts (3) and there would have been nothing to stop them if coalition forces hadn’t been present. If the US had not been there far more people would have died.
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Can't agree with that at all !
1) Civil war wouldn't of happened as Saddam, his extended family & those loyal to him brutally & violently battered down any resistance or opposition to his rule. The link gives you an idea of what these people were like & Uday was the more likely successor had Saddam been taken out.
2) These other Countries ? When was this ? Iran fought with Iraq in the 80's & both parties came out of it badly mauled. Saudi couldn't care less( they just wanted to see him get slapped but didn't want to be seen as doing it themselves as Iraq was also part of the Arab nations=Brothers) The Saudis supported the co-coalition with food fuel & staging areas & the Turks are part of the NATO alliance. The only reason the Turks went in to Northern Iraq was to chase down militant Kurds !
3) So that negates your third point.
Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti
You are unfortunately seeing things from an armchair & trust in the bumpf fed to you by papers & News bulletins, which do tend to be biased one way or another, don't be so ready to believe everything you hear or read.