Would he be on our side or the militant Muslim side?
Once you answer that then tell me if the problems in the middle east would be an order of magnitude worse.
I think we would have Iraq and Iran competing to supply the most support for terrorists in order to become the leader of the Muslim world.
Agreed. Saddam had already shown that he had no problem with lobbing SCUDs into Israel during the first Gulf War and Israel wasn't even an active player there. If anyone believes that he wouldn't have launched more advanced missles into Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and other cities then they are fooling themselves. There is plenty of infighting among the various Muslim sects but I grow weary of hearing the old mantra that they won't work together against the US and the rest of the West. The Iranians aided, facilitated and possibly helped fund OBL with the 9-11 tragedy.