Uh, Jeb...now it’s a pretty good idea, but knowing what we know today, you would not have done it?
Sorry, that’s the real “no fly zone.”
Taking out Saddam was precisely what we needed to do...and after rapidly defeating his army, during the occupation and normalization we faced some setbacks and had to make some changes (which always happens in war) we got it done.
That produced a stable Iraq that was well on its way to becoming a bulwark against Iran.
That is, until the American disaster known as Barrack Hussein Obama came along. Obama, with his foreign policy, single handedly destroyed what was accomplished in Iraq and he did it with a will.
Now it is HE who is making noce with ran and the NMullahs.
You are living in a dream world and trying to rewrite history.