Unfortunately, we let Saddam play us in our hopes of neutralizing Iran. Our actions in deposing Saddam are just not only because Saddam was evil, but because we needed to undo some of the mistakes we made during that desperate period at the end of the Cold War.
If American schools don't start doing a better job teaching history we are doomed to spend eternity making one step forward and one step backward.
i understand your point about iran. when we are successful in iraq, or even in part of iraq, it will re-make the middle east and give all of the people there who silently fear the terror a new hope. change does not happen overnight, but it is a start. Right100