[Burdened White Man]

While I agree totally with the principle of the lesser evil outlined in the article, who's to say a greater evil than Saddam won't eventually arise in Iraq? A case can be made that his secular regime has kept militant Islam confined in a similar fashion (albeit far more brutal) as Musharaf's has in Pakistan. An Iraq free of Saddam and eventually governed by militant Islamists could be a far greater risk in the long run. Of course this is why it may require decades of U.S. military presence after Saddam falls.

[John Lenin]

I think life comes down to the lesser of the two evils. Think about it.