There is such a thing as a just war. If Saddam had been allowed to remain he power he could have killed many more innocent civilians than were killed in that war, in addition to keeping the whole population suffering under his thumb. He would also have become a greater threat to our nation. Starving Terri Schiavo to death doesn't have the slightest potential to take out any brutal dictators, grant anyone democratic freedoms, save anyone else's life, or protect are nation. Furthermore, at the times when the actions of the U.S. military in this war harmed civilians they were accidental. The military tries hard to avoid such happenstances. The death of Schiavo is completely intentional, ordered and upheld by United States judges.