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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It’s an area of the world where there are a lot of competing…interests. Generally stability is maintained by one of those competing interests gaining enough… influence they are able to maintain control. When the US removed one of the most influential groups, it left a vacuum the other interests wanted for themselves.

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