Originally Posted by: elklanderccEven with him out of the picture (he's pretty much been out since his capture) the United States isn't in any better shape nor is the middle east (other than bringing joy to people dispised him.) I understand these things can take time, but I just don't see an end to any of this in the future without a major war between many other countries.

Agreed. World peace is an idea for the naive. Too many different interests are at hand.

On a side note, I wouldn't say anybody was under the impression that the execution of Saddam was going to solve anything. However, its good not to have somebody of his type as a superpower.