Because Saddam and his goons would have responded in a way the Coalition will not. And that's too bad.
Thank God George Washington and the rest of our Founding Fathers didn't think like these so-called heroic, patriotic Iraqis. Our Founding Fathers were faced with *overwhelming* odds, and defeated them. Instead of chosing liberty or death, the Iraqis decided to exist under a dictator.
I agree completely with the thought, and that is something about this entire episode I just cannot figure out. I will work on it, though.