Well, there is a reason no one worried about creating Nazi martyrs: we were not in Germany to liberate it from Hitler---whom most of the Germans liked and supported, unlike Saddam. We were there to destroy Germany (unlike Iraq) and had already killed all the would-be martyrs. BUT . . .
a much better example would have been needless or unnecessary destruction of, say, NORWAY or BELGIUM on the grounds that a handful of Nazis were there. We kill 20 Nazis, and in the process turn nations who welcomed us as liberators against us.
"We were there to destroy Germany (unlike Iraq) and had already killed all the would-be martyrs. BUT . . . a much better example would have been needless or unnecessary destruction of, say, NORWAY or BELGIUM " Please, we went to both countries to destroy the fascist military regimes BEFORE rebuilding the county. Norway and Belgium are analogous to Kuwait, not Iraq.