[Osborn F Enready]

The reason Saddam wasn't overthrown by his own people, is because the majority supported him.

They had access to cheap arms long before we came there in the 90's, or in this war. Now gun prices have skyrocketed, as the "liberators" disarmed the populace. Now crime is on the rise right along with it, since people can't protect themselves, and soldiers, police and government are no where to be found when needed.

Techno, your intro post shows a clear sign of "superiority" complex.

To think that people are not entitled an equal defense, is to equate them to slaves, inferior, and dependent. It is thinking like this from superpowers that has muddled third world politics since the division of 1st and 3rd world.

Prax, its clear that there is more violence now with a largely "disarmed" Iraq.

The reason there is violence is because people don't support the government, or the insurgents in any majority, and until one side is genocided away by the other, or a common ground is reached for which diplomacy (or the intrest in it) can make a difference, there really isn't much hope for change.