No, containment did not work. Remind me again which NGO mandated the no-fly zones in Iraq after Desert Storm. Seems like it was the UN.
The main thing that I have against your arguments is that I believe and will continue to believe that there was a link between Saddam and Al Qaeda...If there was we had no choice but to do what we did....I assume you buy the lefts assertion that there is was no link ...I doubt Ford knew anything except what he read in the NY Times