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.

Bush Lied

Bush lied troops died. Fine. All the intel from allies and even the Clinton administration on which the invasion was based years ago was manipulated by then Gov. Bush in order to pull off his scheme. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Ever. Those Kurds that died en mass during Saddam's reign died as a result of ... bird flu that's the ticket. The Twin Towers were brought down by the Bush administration with help from Haliburton and accompanied by black helicopters from the World Government and the Freemasons blah blah blah. Pick your favorite conspiracy. The fact remains we are in Iraq.
Despite the early mistakes and the best efforts of the Democrats. there may be light at the end of the tunnel that is not a train. Since the surge, the number Iraqi civilian deaths is less than half of the pre-surge total. The full complement of troops will not be in place till May or June which oddly enough is the same time the Dems in the House want to begin the retreat.
The race is now on to see if the troops can secure Bagdad and hold it before the Democrats can either pass their retreat in disgrace policy or Iran widens the war. With 30-50% unemployment and a young disgruntled population, Iran's current government can not hold on without building some national unity. Just as the European monarchs did when a large, young, redundant male population threatened , President Imanutjob of Iran needs a good war. The moves in Congress can only embolden him.