When the US removed Saddam and his oppressive and torturous regime, the Iraqi people had no idea of how to act, it was anarchy. They seemed to have likened anarchy to freedom. They did not understand the rule of law as us Americans do. They seemed to have thought freedom meant doing anything they wanted. There had to be Boots on the ground to clean up Saddams mess as well as show the Iraqis how you live a civilized life under law, not oppression.
They were like hungry caged animals set free. Their fear was gone.
Finally the Iraqis were able to vote. What a cool thing that was for them.
For those who still think the Iraq invasion was wrong, I say to you. You must not understand or know much about Saddams reign of terror. In one mass grave alone, there were 3000 bodies unearthed
They estimate 300,000 Iraqis and Kurds were killed and or tortured under Saddam