re: In hindsight; was removing Saddam Hussein a good idea?

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The goal is to destabilize every country around Israel so that they can never develop to be strong enough to be an actual threat to Israel.

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1. Pan-Arabism failed miserably. Pan-Muslimism won't work due to way too many factions.

2. Any one country would be stupid to challenge Israel because a military loss would be absolutely devastating.

3. The Muslim and Arab countries in the Middle East need the "Little Satan" Israel in order to coalesce their tribes/factions around a central enemy. A loss of Israel would cause a break down in the cohesion.

In other words, the countries around Israel politically need Israel.