Would Iraq have gone the way of Libya/Tunis etc?
 

Well Dur.

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I think Iraq would have gone the way of Iran. Both have / had hardened militaries that had absolutely no problem massacring their own people

Do you mean a Theocracy or a crackdown like Lybia today?

That's the second time you bring it up. So I guess you're serious about it. I see no real connection, mainly because Saddam has been gone for so long now. Had the two cases been related I suppose the rebelling would have started in 2004 or '05.

To the OP: The answer has already been given by Sadist Hussein himself after he failed in his Kuwait-adventure and smashed the Kurds and Marsh-Arabs.

The same could be said for any number of other connections, like a connection between eating tuna fish salad and increased fertility, or any other unestablished correlation you care to name. It's going to need some positive evidence. If anything, the lesson of Iraq would be that dictators can be removed by overwhelming military force from a Western power, which is precisely the opposite of what happened in Tunisia and Egypt (and appears to be happening in Libya, albeit in a messier way).

He means like '91.

I was one that originally supported the invasion (not for a lot of the reasons given). I will also admit that in hindsight, it wasn't a great idea. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif But it would be nice if something (no matter how little) good comes from it.

Rah, I suddenly realized Uncle Sam did something brilliant that does influence the current situation in Lybia: They negotiated with Moammar 'Mad Dog' Gadaffi to have him give up his NBC weapons. Heaven forbid to think what he could have thrown at his own populace then.

Hmmm, I love the smell of fresh manure in the morning http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif .

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Perhaps another take on the OP: Will Iraq go the way of Libya/Egypt/Tunisia?

That's a dumb question to ask because it's obvious that wasn't the plan.

Yep, we can see in hindsight that the war was a stupid idea.

The GOP stimulus plan: Over one trillion dollars spent bombing, torturing, and murdering impoverished brown farmers and goat herders on the other side of the globe.

Or maybe Saddam was not really as much of a sadist as we thought. Maybe he didn't know that the bio-chemical weapons he used on his people would kill them. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/angry.gif

Iraq might still go the way of Egypt, Libya and Tunis.