It was only a matter of time before the Shiite majority took him from power.
Yeah. Right.
And what would have been the result of such a civil war, where the Shiites don't have Abrams tanks, aerial attack capacity, or any other way of engaging Saddam's "weak" military other than maybe the methods used by the current insurgency? Against a tyrant who, unlike the U.S., would have no compunction about massacring entire towns to get at the insurgents there. Which side would Syria come down on? Iran? Turkey? How far would such a war extend?
Can I remind you that you opened this conversation with a concern about the Iraqis living in danger from attacks?
Can we settle on whether or not you are really concerned about the Iraqi people?
This is where the ability to deal with alternatives and historical flow comes in handy. If people here stop assuming that hypothetical thinking is just useless fantasy, you might see a bigger picture, or stop making silly assumptions.
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