[Nemo123]

The US and Britain knew exactly what they were doing, they were throwing a spanner in the works, and they have left behind sectarianism and carnage, just as they planned. You see American foreign policy, and by extension British foreign policy is, you roll under us or we blow you to bits. We don't tolerate rivals to our world hegemony.

[Nemo123]

Saddam became a real threat to America and Britain when he refused to cow tow to the American hegemony. When he threatened the petro dollar by using the Euro instead, and proposed setting up a rival stock exchange or burge.