Kim C, of course he did, hence the previous reference to the apprentice, that's one of the reasons that that military invaders of other countries are so vilified by some; just because Saddam did it, shouldn't be justification to do the same.

Doug, these are some of the points regarding the invasion and occupying of Iraq, where I agree with one of your past Presidents, who believed that an invasion of Iraq, and I quote "would have incurred incalculable human and political costs."

"Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the U.N.'s mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression we hoped to establish."

"...the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different--and perhaps barren--outcome."

and regarding occupying Baghdad:

"The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well."

all of these points and there are more, still stand, in my opinion.