[Charles]

Originally Posted by Bigerik

Iraq is certainly LESS stable now then it ever was before. Chances are that Iraq will end up as three separate countries, likely with a nasty, ugly civil war somewhere along the way.

Saddam Hussein was a threat to no one after the first Gulf War. His army was mostly destroyed. His air force was all but gone. His "weapons of mass destruction" were basically WW1 vintage gasses, supplied to him by the West.

The one thing that Saddam was, however, was likely Osama Bin Laden worst enemy in the middle east. The invasion of Iraq was Osamas dream come true. Not only did it tie up the US forces in a war it cannot win and bleed the country dry economically, it also removed one of the strongest, secular governments in the middle east.

It almost makes one want to believe it Allah, all the presents that have been given to Bin Laden in the past decade.

You do have a strong argument.

Chas