[Theoria]

Saddam as a whole, was a stabilizer. He kept Iran and Syria in check. Once he was taken out, this is the obvious result. The ME and Iraq has never been kept in check unless with mass slaughter. War works, yet we don't do that these days.

[justa-hairyape]

That is false. Saddam destabilized the entire region by fighting a 10 war with Iran, using chemical weapons on the Kurd’s and invading Kuwait. He also wanted OPEC off the dollar and he wanted an oil embargo.