What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came?

What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came?
What Could Possibly Go Wrong (October 2015 Edition)
By Peter Van Buren
What if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq in 2003? How would things be different in the Middle East today? Was Iraq, in the words of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the "worst foreign policy blunder" in American history? Let's take a big-picture tour of the Middle East and try to answer those questions. But first, a request: after each paragraph that follows, could you make sure to add the question “What could possibly go wrong?”
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