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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Are you actually 5 though? How do you intentionally destroy the infrastructure of a country via a vicious bombing campaign, completely remove the existing power structure, directly cause the death of several hundreds of thousands of civilians and indirectly maybe a million more, leaving the country in absolute shambles, how do you do these things and *not* “destabilize” the region?

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