The Iranians would of swooped in, or maybe Iraq would of turned into some sort of Cambodian killing fields. I can only guess at very bad, murderous events.
Yes, we did the right thing.
I don’t think anyone can escape getting bills, costs, burdens. People, societies that avoid them, get nowhere. They just live for a bit, then fade with nothing accomplished but filling basic appetites like cattle in a field.
You think the price we have paid was worth Sadam’s head? I don’t think it was, and I didn’t think it was in 2003 either.