Iraq was not a product of "faulty intelligence" but a callous disregard for human life by the U.S. media and State Department, including Cheney (a war criminal) and GW Bush's minions.
A strong dictator can't remove three religious groups that don't get along, but he only exacerbates the problem. A fourth dictator involving Christianity by Bush was more responsible for 300,000-to 500,000 children's death. We had no business there except for oil acquisition. Over one million died as a result of Bush's war. Look what it accomplished, a fragmented violence-riven country exploited and forgotten. Less actually less died under Sadam which is even more tragic when you think of it. And women had better equal rights.
Museums and cultural artifacts were destroyed and the legacy of depleted uranium haunts the populace with future health disasters.