"If the US were not there, nobody would be fighting the coalition."

Straw man argument- I never said the dead Iraqis were because of fighting the coalition. The fact that the large majority of those killed are other Iraqis, most NOT affiliated with the government, shows that they are NOT trying to drive out the US. If you want to accept Bobert's claims ( which I do not) there are 200 Iraqis killed for each US death.

The sectarian violence would be even worse if we were not there. They would still be killing each other. If you think it requires US efforts for groups in the same country to kill each other, think about Rwanda, Sudan, India/Pakistan, Bosnia...