My opinion is under Saddam there was no Al Qaida or religious strife and definitely Iraqis were better off under him. Historically its seen that Kurds,Chechens, Albanians are war mongering people and big time trouble makers. Some times inevitably governments have to use excess force to keep things in check. If we would have used an abnormally excessive force in POK we would have solved our problems of terrorism long back.Sme times hard heartless force is required to protect us.No Kashmiri Hindu would have to be displaced.But here when our ex PM was showering niceties on Pak PM they were already occupying our territory.Saddam was the leader of Iraq and should have been tried in an International Court.Sadly for all the mistakes the politicians make the American public is paying the price.More than half the world they are not welcome.
