Is world better without Saddam?

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We gave them a democratic system and they elected Maliki.... who was about as bad a choice as Bush was for us.

Yes, but without doing the homework first. The outside appearance was one of being absolutely clueless about the situation in Iraq. Which, as cannot be stressed enough, is an artificial contruct, drawn up at some colonial office in London, made out of three former Osmanic provinces. Without giving any regard to the people, ethnicities, tribal affiliations and religious denominations and if these people even wanted to live together. Bush calling this a potential beacon of democracy only points to the level of ignorance involved.