For your conclusions to be creditable I would think that you would have to account for all of the 23 reasons for the war in Iraq as listed in the Congressional Authorization. 23 introductory paragraphs starting with "Whereas..." followed by a reason. Some turned out invalid and many were not.
And please do some independent study on the demographics of Iraq. In 2002, the population was c. 22 million, death rate was averaging c. 8.5 per thousand for the past 10 years, and infant mortality was 63 per 1,000. Almost as soon as the invasion started the death rate improved and is now averaging c. 5 per 1,000. For a country of 25 million, a drop of 3 points in the death rate would mean 75,000 lives SAVED a year. The population jumped to 31 million, more than almost all other countries over that time period. Infant mortality rates improved.
I contend that Iraq war saved lives. Clinton said that his biggest regret was not taking action in Rwanda when a reasonable person could have foreseen what was going to take place there. (Something similar happened in Burundi several months earlier.) Sometimes the world should react in places like Rwanda, Iraq, Cambodia, Liberia, etc. I realize that few agree but the Iraq war saved lives and removed a threat to world peace-Saddam.
I had one son serving in the infantry in Iraq. No problem. Now he is about to be shipped to Afghanistan. Now that is the stupid war that we never should have gotten involved in. All we are doing there is creating more jihadists.
