What If?

What if the United States had not invaded Iraq? How would things be different? After September 11th, we would have still attacked the Taliban. The focal point of the War on Terror would be the much less hospitable terrain of Afghanistan.It would now be the "quagmire" (ask the Russians, Brits, etc.) and the calls for withdrawal would still be heard. What about Iraq? There is no reason to not believe that Saddam Hussein would still be in charge. He would be competing for face time with Iran's President Imanutjob. The U.N. Oil for Palaces program would still be humming along nicely. The cat and mouse game of inspections and sanctions would be playing on. ( I'll take Hans Blix in the Tikrit Palace for $300 Alex. Oops No Sorry) The weapons of mass destruction that many believe were moved and buried in the Bekka Valley would be in Saddam's arsenal. With Saddam and President Imanutjob both working on nukes, one of them was bound to get lucky. Saddam's now forgotten progeny Uday and Qusay would be poised to inherit their father's lethal legacy instead of being an obscure trivia question. How these two, with their wealth, cunning and blood lust would have rewritten Middle Eastern history will thankfully never be known.
Today,Iran is stuck between two proto-democracies and has growing internal pressure. The current war will be fought even if we do pull our troops out. The only difference would be that the battles would be here against civilians and not in Iraq against our military.