Saddam Overthrown in 1991

*Iraq under Saddam before and after the First Gulf War was a hellhole, it was less materially prosperous after the FGW but the Iran-Iraq war had drained the economy a great deal anyway

*If the US is directly involved we might only set up free elections, maintain a few bases, and get out as fast as possible ('One Year Stay')

*Otherwise likely a series of armed insurgencies that bring down Saddam like the second bus out of Dawn of the Dead

*Saddam might release NBCs on his own people in Baghdad in an attempt to stay in power but ultimately it remains futile

*Iran will have forays into the area to back the Shia as Syria interferes as well but these will be limited, Saudis will back the Sunnis and former Mujahadeen from Afghanistan will be recruited as trainees

*Depending on who shows up this might weaken the Taliban considerably if the right people are killed
 

Driftless

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I'm still working the thought of the US, UK, & France staying more on the sidelines, Basically, maintain their unit locations at the end of OTL fighting.

IF the Republican Guard were shot up enough, and other Baathist controlled fighting resources are also reduced, to where Saddam would be overthrown, was there any scenario where Saudi Arabia, Qatar (with US material backing) move into Iraq as a peace keeping force? Or would that just add more ingredients to a toxic soup of religion and secular in-fighting?
 
I'm wondering if the dream of making Iraq into a client state becomes somewhat true. Because of the economic demands at the time, it's primarily American and western nations which get a hold of the oil fields, not China, India, etc. American and western corporations have a new market of consumer goods on all levels, especially communication. Do we see more of an American cultural sphere of influence in Iraq with less tense of war and ethnic situation? Maybe.
 
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