There was the Millenium Challenge 2002 that turned into fiasco because retired general Van Riper, playing Saddam, used unorthodox methods to defeat the other side.
And if Saddam feels threatened, he might resort to burning as many oil fields as he can.
Here's an opinion by a Chilean exile (from Pinochet) who doubts about the regime change.
Other statements, while today, I heard, americans living in France demonstrate in Paris against the war.
How about the Turks who don't want a Kurdish state?
And how about the Iraqi opposition that doesn't want a US transition government?
Marc Ferro, historian</a<, says about colonialism:the desire to get rid of the foreign's presence weight was much stronger than prosperity. Decolonization doesn't answer to economical criteria: it's above all about putting an end to humiliation. It's the same all over: profit motivation is far less important than dignity motivation.
Raoul
Prepared?