Iraq War critics rarely if ever grapple with the consequences of not invading.

We did not lose the war in Iraq; the current situation on the ground shows a fragile democracy and every metric shows life is freer than under Saddam. This situation is especially telling compared to Afghanistan, where Biden’s catastrophic blunders made certain the Taliban could claim victory.

The Iraq invasion was undertaken to remove one of the world’s bloodiest tyrants from power and prevent another horror, like 9/11, from killing innocent people. Two decades later, despite misinformation, these remain honorable goals.