I dont like/support any (politician/leader) side here....but I place greater blame on Saddam for instigating this and also getting bankrolled by Saudis to perpetuate it past its initial impetus (and clear non-return on investment)....and then starting the civilian targeting on top of it (which Iran then retaliated but much more limited overall given their capability at that time).
And I definitely would not call for either to be removed by outside power like US (this comes from a person who supported it pretty strongly when he was a younger more oblivious lad). Military intervention for statecraft brings terrible long term costs for all involved (esp longer you do the "hearts and minds" kind of thing just to feed military industrial complex and own ego as world police). If you have clear intel on imminent threat...that is another thing....but deploying your deep state to manufacture it for sake of invasion of another sovereign entity is treasonous imo (because you essentially have lied to your own people for the intent and justification to send their best sons to die for their country)
You need to have clear defined and standardised objectives (applicable worldwide with as low bias and qualitative intel as possible) and good exit plan (if you commit to ground) no matter how powerful/wise you may think you are.....or not do it at all (which is best option for me).
US did neither....and worse, was already engaged in another (long logistics) theatre at same time. It is hubris in the end....and hubris creates only unneeded suffering. The results speak for themselves.
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But the argument (besides the military industrial complex) has as its plinth the control of Muslims and oil. Both of which no red-blooded US citizen would have argued against.
I don't trust (or even like very much) Americans.
But that is because I'm not American.
Cheers, Doc