The Iraqi thing has been done to death.<p>It&#x27;s never a black and white decision.<p>Yes, we may not agree with his decisions - but I guarantee that if you go through history, you will find <i>many</i> political decisions that each of us would disagree with.<p>I may not like a lot of the decisions my political leaders make (I&#x27;m Australian).<p>However, I don&#x27;t pretend for a second that political leadership is an easy calling - it&#x27;s a tough job, and a lot of pressure - which can affect people in different ways.<p>I dislike armchair pundits who will dissect every decision, and then try to force it into their own black&#x2F;white view of things.<p>At the end of the day, they made the call to topple Saddam Hussein, and take out Iraq.<p>I don&#x27;t think anybody will argue that Saddam was a great human being, or that his regime wasn&#x27;t responsible for atrocities - for me, the question was more that did we (well, America and its allies) have better things to do with their soldiers and money?<p>And look, we took out one dictator and put in a democratic government - and gave them aid and training - but it remains to be seen what they can make of it.