The invasion of Iraq stabilized the region. Saddam's rule was inherently unstable, and he would have been forced to external action(Isreal was the likely target) to maintain power. War was coming, and he would have restocked with WMD's as soon as feasible.
Bush dedicated the resources necessary to stabilize Iraq, and did so. There was less violence and Mayhem in Iraq after Bush left than before the invasion. Recognize that the progressives said that the USA enforced sanctions were killing 100's of thousand of Iraqi's per year prior to the invasion(and that was the justification for allowing Saddam to rearm with WMD's).
This is a discussion about Obama, and Libya, though. Obama started a civil war in Libya that had no hope of forming a stable government in the forseeable future. This will result in continuing mayhem and death. The USA has no options that would remedy the situation.
That mayhem and death clearly lay in Obama's lap. Originally Posted by kehaar
fyi, Obama did not start the libyan war. europeans started this. this was 100% a Euro operation with american backing.