> From a memo dated March 25, 2002, from Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
to Blair: "If 11 September had not happened, it is doubtful that the US
would now be considering military action against Iraq."
Nice understated tone here. I wonder what would have happened to Iraq
had there been no invasion.
Hundreds of thousands wouldn't die immediately. US government budgets
would not be as red-inked. Terrorists wouldn't have a theme park to play
their bloody games.
US/UK would continue to enforce no-fly zones. Saddam would continue to
fire on the patrols and the patrols would continue to fire on his
command and control centers. Oil smuggling would continue. Eventually UN
sanctions would lose steam and be abandoned. Saddam would rule for a
decade or so until one of his sons killed him and took over. Libya might
have been quietly building its nuke arsenal all the while.
What would have been the END STATE, as the memo calls it?
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