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It would be interesting if during the 2003 Iraq war if Saddam had organised a retaliation instead of looting his own country. [1]

Causalities on both sides could have easily increased by a factor of 10. If the U.S. resorted to a full on genocide the situation would have escalated, possibly brining other nations (even westernised ones) into the mix. It wouldn't have been pretty.

1 http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/06/sprj.nilaw.ban...




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