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Originally Posted by Danzig

because iran and iraq kept each other in check. removing half that equation left the other half, iran, with a power vacuum to fill. they happily have done so. who over there can convince iran to behave now? saudi arabia? us? note the move to nukes since we took out saddam. remember the iran/iraq war? who backed iraq, since we used the 'enemy of our enemy is our friend' line of foreign policy for years?

This was true 20 years ago but just isn't relevant anymore. Iran is a "thorn" because they are developing nukes which has no relevance to Iraq. Iraq had no control over Iran nor would the presense of Saddam prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.