If we would have followed the advice of many on this board, his legacy would be growing, not diminishing over time.
The worse thing you could have done was martyr this lightweight. He’s an Iraqi Kennedy alright, but he’s not “Jack”.
If we killed this guy, everytime someone stubbed a toe in “Sadr” City, they would have blamed it on his death and seen the US as the cause of their toe stub. Now they can’t use that flimsy excuse for whatever displeases them because their hero is still around and can change it. But he can’t and is a fraud. Dead he’s a hero.