re: A what if and question about Iraq

Most definitely things would be more peaceful. The people there would still be living under tyrannical leaders but they kept the Islamists at bay and also "allowed" Christians to exist. Bush the elder was smart enough to leave Saddam in power. Khaddafi (spelling) would most likely still be in power too and Benghazi would never have happened...after all we were there, I'm certain, to funnel weapons to the "freedom fighters" in Syria, which in all of these places have been nothing but Muslim Brotherhood rebranded as Al Qaeda, ISIS, etc.