pdq..I always was against the Saddam regime, but the figures you quote are mainly based on deaths attributable to the sanctions which caused malnutrition and other health problems especially among young children.
Saddam was a murderous despot, but you must be blind if you think our leaders are not equally murderous and despotic.

Much of the "wrong doing" by our troops in Iraq has actually been sanctioned by our leaders. I'm thinking of the obliteration of towns like Fallujah where whole families were shot in their beds.
How are our troops to be called to account when they are ordered to carry out these atrocities?

Please don't try to excuse what is happening in Iraq. Its much too late for that!