A returning civilian contractor from Iraq just informed me that only 2% of the people are problematic in Iraq. Of the 14 million, that means less than 300,000 present a problem. Unfortunately, 300,000 is a lot to kill and would make us look worse than Saddam, who killed far less than that number. On the night of March 9, 1945, 334 B-29s left a death toll in Tokyo of 100,000 after 2 hours of firebombing.
That Tokyo Fire Raid, only one of several, is now only a footnote in history.