You have a very interesting and extremely valid point there.
The libs also questioned us going into Iraq. So did I, to me there was no valid reason to go there. Sure, Sadaam was a bad guy, but he helped stabilize the region and his riddance helped create the total mess we have today.
No if you wish to be accurate what caused the mess today was Obama premature withdraw from Iraq so he could claim “He ended Bush’s war.”
Everyone told O that we needed to leave some training and logistics support that the Iraqis were not ready to run things alone yet but 0, in his typical narcissistic fashion, decided HE knew better.