I agree completely.
Saddam and his army should have been used to conquer Saudi Arabia, then turned into Iran to meet the joint US-Indian task force coming through Afghanistan after the conquest of Pakistan.
And then Saddam would have turned towards the Great and Little Satans afterward anyway, being so empowered. Forgot Saddam’s support of the “Palestinians” and regarding Israel as the number-one regional enemy?
Any of these actors’ moves is towards restoration of the Caliphate, typically in the image of the winner. And Saddam modeled himself on Umar, the third Caliph.