Saddam should be dead tomorrow. The retrospective stories (such as this one), leave me to think that Iraq is still better off without him. How much worse would the violence be if the coalition hadn't been there, and if saddam stayed in power another ten years then died, leaving a vaccuum? At least now Iraq has a fighting chance at a stable, free country, whereas without the US invasion they would of had none. Perhaps they are not ready for democracy, but such a thing takes time, and education. Iraq has neither. So even if the democratically elected government is overthrown by another tin pot dictator, at least Iraq has known freedom, and tasted freedom. Once they have that taste, I bet they will not be so readily cowed in the future (not to mention everyone has mortars, RPGs, and AK-74s at their disposal).