...that millions of Iraqis will be grateful to see Saddam go. I only wish that American lives were not lost for something the Iraqis themselves should have done a long time ago.

Perhaps this article explains it best: Muslim world torn over war in Iraq

Saddam is a secularist in a nation of Islamists. The people of the Muslim world will not miss him. There is good reason why other nations in the Middle East are not rushing to his defense. They are just as happy to see him go as we are. One hopes that their elation at his departure can be put to good use mending relations with the West in the future. If we are wise, we will figure out how to do this.