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Iraq is a bloody mess.
Iraq was a bloody mess before the invasion.
One can argue about the degree of which period is/was worse and who is to blame. But I think you paint an very rosy picture of the pre-war situation. You seem to have forgotten all the "dead and malnorished Iraqi babies" and the ongoing corruption at the UN. Kurdistan was a virtual American protectorate and southern Iraq had Allied warplanes involved in daily bombings because they were being shot at by Saddam's missile defence systems. He was paying for suicide bombings in Israel...
How long was this situation supposed to go on?
Indefinately?
I don't think so.
Again, Saddam was only giving ground on inspections because of American and British troops massing on his borders. As soon as they went away so would have the inspections.