Hi t2p, glad to see ya here.
Would you rather 'Hussein and company' be in charge of a Middle East 'Empire' ......... ???
Yeah it would be called the United States of Torture.
Seriously the problem was Saddams Sons. They were certain to take over, and one was a total psycho.

There must be other strategies that could have worked besides the whole goblin circus we have going on over there now. I think we have ulterior motives.
heck, there are still many people out there that continue to think that we made a mistake by dropping the bombs on Japan .
It looks like there was at least a chance that it might not have been neccesary. But hindsight is always ... well you know.

Apparently the Japanese may have thought that "absolute surrender" meant there was a good chance we would execute their emperor (unacceptable to them), which we had no intentions of doing. Some say enough wasn't done to clarify this point.

Perhaps this was on purpose. Perhaps a little justified "revenge" was also on people's minds.

In any case I respect Harry Truman and certainly wouldn't have wanted to be the one who had to make that decision.