Yeah, the US has never ever gotten criticized for or accused of secret covert ops to mess around with other countries' governments. As long as our meddling isn't overtly militaristic we'll be insulated from the criticism that we are a bully. < /sarcasm >
It's not the Iraqi people that are the problem, it is Saddam. Doesn't eveyone agree on that, so let's get rid of him and see what happens.
I think that would be the point of any war with Iraq, yes.