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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Saddam was a murderous a-hole but he was also kinda the glue that held a lot of things together.

I don’t miss the guy but removing him DID destabilize things. And it wasn’t really America’s job to overthrow Saddam. He didn’t cause 9/11.