Ahh I see, It is possible, a worthy question, but I still think the vested interest the United States has(self defense) warranted action, where in these other areas they didnt have capabilities to harm us as we knew iraq had(or used to have)
I think you missed my main (and/or most convincing) point, that current Arab and North African uprisings are "what Iraq could have been". Are they? I don't know, but it's a worthy question. Also that comic made my day; I needed that, I had a statistics test today :/
Speaking of damned if you do damned if you dont. Disagree with it if you want, its still damn funny