And since when was Bush their elected leader?
Hussein was very popular in Iraq, certainly not 99% worth, however, as you so accurately note.
Taking that one minor part of Lindy's post, and the thread, and sticking to that is a typical conservative tactic on these boards. Has nothing to do with the reality that Hussein was a brutal bastard repressing opposition, AND, guess how Bush is repressing opposition?
And the "democratically" elected government installed and protected by the US now is repressing opposition.
The poor Iraqi on the street used to have only one bad guy with which to deal.