I suspect there was another component of the military that we didn’t think to address. It’s one of Islamic sect? Was the military predominantly one brand of Islam over another?
It could be likely that disbanding the military may have been in part due to them being exclusively from Hussein’s brand of Islam.
Good point. Perhaps the best thing that could have been done is to simply follow MacArthur's old saying: "Never get involved in a land war in Asia."
Now here's where I might get into trouble. It could be that Slow Joe Biden was right after all! His response to the 9/11 attacks was this. Bomb them relentlessly from offshore.