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I agree that the Iraqis are better off without Saddam. Those, that is, who weren't among the 5000 or so that have been killed or had families and friends killed during the liberation. And more will die - the war is not over yet.
The sanctions never hurt Saddam, they only made him stronger and made ordinary Iraqis so weak that they couldn't overthrow him themselves.
I think that the idea that there was never any alternative except war is false. Let's not forget that the main reason for the coallition invasion was to defend ourselves against weapons of mass destruction. The US said that inspections were not working, but with the eyes of the world trained on the inspectors' work, we certainly weren't on the receiving end of any WMDs were we? So they were successful, even if it wasn't as entertaining and dramatic as all out war is.