Eli5: how did America actually destabilize the Middle East in the Iraq war? What was done specifically that caused all of the chaos in the countries we were involved in?

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Eli5: how did America actually destabilize the Middle East in the Iraq war? What was done specifically that caused all of the chaos in the countries we were involved in?

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The premise of your question is flawed because the Middle East was already plenty unstable before the Iraq War.

Another unpopular opinion of mine that will get the downvotes coming in batches is that, if the US had done nothing in Iraq, it is highly probable that Iraq would have experienced the same instability and factional conflict that occurred in Syria.