Iraq, Was it a Necessary Evil?

Perhaps the war in Iraq was a necessary evil, but then again maybe it was not. Either way, it happened. However, there is one thing that everyone should agree on, whether or not they supported the war: that it did have one positive effect. It rid the world of a very powerful and cruel dictator named Saddam Hussein. Saddam was not only a threat to his own people, but people all across the world. So in retrospect, ousting Saddam was not the problem; the problem is the fact that after capturing Saddam, the U.S. and its allied occupation force did not leave Iraq immediately. Instead, they insisted on assisting the Iraqi people in the forming of a new, Democratic government.

Now to say that the Iraqi people were not glad to be rid of Saddam would be a lie. In fact, they were very happy and grateful. The people loved the parading American and British soldiers after the occupation of Baghdad and other major Iraqi cities ousted Saddam and his regime. They even tolerated the allied soldiers sticking around until Saddam's capture. But what they didn't like was the fact that after Saddam was captured, the occupying armies stayed. This, to many Iraqi people, was unacceptable. They felt, and rightfully so, that their country was theirs to govern as they saw fit. No one would like a foreign army in their neighborhood telling them when they had to be indoors, and acting as police officers. Yes, to the outside world the allied forces being there was just and perhaps even noble, but in the eyes of the Iraqi people, they saw an unjust occupation. And now, the longer the allies stay in Iraq the angrier some of the Iraqi people get.