At least modern Iraq is better than under Saddam

There were three main reasons offered in 2003 by President Bush and his apologists for why the US should invade Iraq.

1) Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that might harm America

2) Saddam's regime was buddy-buddy with al-Qaeda

3) Saddam was an evil dictator who murdered and tortured his own people.

There were other minor reasons offered, but no one could seriously argue that Americans would've backed an invasion based solely on the premise that Saddam did not adhere to the letter of the Gulf War ceasefire.

So these were the three reasons offered and repeated ad nauseum by the president and his cronies for the unprovoked aggression against Iraq.

The first two were discredited long ago, as I explained earlier.

But at least Saddam's regime is gone and people are no longer subject to widespread torture.

Oops, wrong again.

Maybe these guys are just putting into practice 'alternative interrogation practices'.