Your assertion is absurd.
How many civil wars broke out under Hussein?
Was Al Qaeda burgeoning in Iraq under Hussein?
He ruled with an iron hand but your contention contradicts the facts.
How do you know that he was about to invade Saudi Arabia? On its face that is preposterous.
Brush up on your history Decker. Here is what I recall:
1. Saddam gassed his own people.
2. He had torture chambers and tortured and murdered his own people. He was actually tried and executed for murdering his own people. Not much of a stabilizing force when you're murdering your own people.
3. He invaded a sovereign country - Kuwait - and only left when we kicked him out.
4. He was massing his troops on the Saudi border when we initiated Operation Desert Storm.
5. He dropped scuds on Israel during Desert Storm.
6. Hillary, Bill, Gore, Kerry, Kennedy, Berger, Albright, Byrd, and a host of other Democrats all told the American people that Saddam had WMDs or was trying to obtain them. Doesn't sound very stable to me.
7. Saddam gave financial rewards to the families of suicide bombers in Israel.
EDIT:
8. He was pilfering his country's resources.
Now, if you look at those facts and conclude that the region and Iraq was "stable," I'd say
your position is absurd.