Nothing can make this situation any worse than it already is.
Au contraire, many of the possible choices will result in worsening.
There is something to be said for the notion of promoting the principle of individual rights and freedoms, defending them and trying to promote them as the basis for future transactions internationally.
THere are a LOT of tough ethical quandaries involved, and Iraq is the Gordion Knot of such quandaries right now. Bush's intervention has made it worse. But it at least started change in a bad situation, and with change all things are possible. You conceive, then, that the notion of forwarding democratic processes in Iraq is futile, short-sighted and Pollyana-esque, I guess.
I don't feel that way about that goal. I am just heartsore about the means.