For what it’s worth, Saddam Hussein was not going to rule Iraq forever. His sons would take over and that would spark a Shi’ite uprising. But yeah, at the same time, not our problem. But I do not really blame President Bush for taking out Saddam Hussein. Now we know he was bluffing because he did not want to look weak in front of his opponents in Iraq and of course, his next door neighbor Iran.
Taking out Saddam tipped the balance of power to Iran which is a much bigger threat, and bigger exporter of war and terrorism. Even worse is the 4,418 dead US soldiers, 31,994 wounded. Not a good trade for taking out Saddam. Plus it triggered the Arab spring, and creation of ISIS. Total disaster. And all premised on the claim of WMD, which was either completely wrong, or extremely thin depending on how you read the evidence.