Ask Dick Cheney. He predicted it all when he was against invading Iraq before he was for it.
“Iraq: How did we get here?”
One word, containment.
If we choose to take out Saddam in 1991 when we had the opportunity, we don’t have this. We may not have first WTC bombing in 93. Bin Laden might have been killed and Al Queada torn apart.
Instead we chose to leave Hussein in power.
That’s why we are here.