Okay, you win.
Saddam should still be running Iraq, the sanctions should still be on, the planes should still be bombing radar and missile sites and then the situation in the Middle East would be...oh, wait. We're not allowed to go there, are we? That's all imaginary stuff. Totally unlike the speculations of the Newsweek author.
I've got a question that might provoke a little discussion:
In your ideal no-war-in-Iraq world, how many Americans would have had to die in Afghanistan before the U.S. should have given up the fight and withdrawn?