What if we had left Saddam Hussein in power?

The Foreign Policy Initiative; Freeing Iraq From Saddam Hussein's Dictatorship Was Worth It  ...."Certainly, the U.S.-led coalition and the Iraqis paid a high price to liberate the country. But it is likely that the cost of allowing Saddam Hussein to remain in power would have been far greater over the long-term.

.... "Saddam likely would have reconstituted Iraq's weapons programs and re-emerged as a regional menace—just as the Iranians and North Koreans have in his wake. Indeed, the example of their nuclear programs reinforces the imperative of preventing rogue regimes from obtaining weapons of mass destruction."
But he did have sympathy from our left. American leftists never met a murderous dictator they didn't adore if he hated America.
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"As U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said before the war began, "Ridding the world of Saddam would be an act of humanity. It is leaving him there that is in truth inhumane." "

Below: Sigh...if only. But now our foreign policy advisors are Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers.