Sooner or later it will dawn on some folks that, just as in Afganistan, the one thing that unites the "opposition" is the common enemy. Once that is gone, their need to cooperate is gone and they become rivals in the bid for gaining power.

Democracy and democratic ideals don't happen by waving a magic wand.

Having said that, the supporters of the invasion use the oft-cited WMD as a justification, along with the minor detail that the country was ruled by an absolute dictator who had potential rivals killed and committed terrible attrocities and crimes against humanity. Why, look at all the mass graves found and the hundreds of Iraqis that died each day.

Fine. Using that criteria... Next on the list: Liberia (along with a fair number of Central and West African countries); Indonesia; Saudi Arabia; Sudan (yeah, we tried once, but that was Clinton's fault it failed, must have been); Cuba; a fair chunk of South America; Korea(both of them)...and more besides.

Sigh.