A friend of mine from Pakistan has a different view. Here are his thoughts:
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lol im suprised at the naivety shown here. The US acheived its goal.
what goal you say? the destruction of a major middle eastern power that had the potential to rival isreal, saudi and other puppets. Why wasnt the simple over throw of saddam enough? why did they have to invade? because you have to understand the underlying reason. It will take decades for Iraq to rebuild, contracts will keep money flowing into US banks and companies for decades, Iran is stronger yet weaker at the same time.
America acheived its goals. and they have even blinded their own people to the obvious!
what goals did they achieve:
1) continued unfettered access to major oil reserves
2) a threat to its two biggest allies the saudis and isreal has been removed
3) the rise of sunni Islam is in check with the emergence of iranian power in iraq which the americans can keep in check.
4) Iraq is now a third world country, and is no longer a power let alone a stale state
5) any stability fall out will be felt by iran and syria etc
6) contracts contracts contracts for years!
7) a future reason to intervene again if required
8) the removal of a potential russian/chinese ally with a large army and money
9) the destruction of iraqs educational infrastructre thus depriving it and the wider arab world of scientists, engineers and a potential education system that could have helped amny other countrys
10) fear. "fear that we can do what we did to sadam to all of you"
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