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they would've just bombed all those defenses and raped the iraqis from the air like they did anyway
as for the chemical attacks, there was every expectation that they might occur and preparations were made; would have resulted in many more casualties though
but that would be all the justification needed for a full scale invasion and been end of Sadam 10 years earlier
most interesting hypothetical is what happens in the middle east after/before 9/11 (if it even happens?) with the power vacuum and destabilized/occupied iraq