that country consist of people
even if you ganna remove 10% of them, the same people will remain and build something new.. similary
So you are a racist that believes "those people" are so imherently different and that the principles of liberal democracy are so alien to them that they will inevitably end up being ruled by another Dictator.
Folks thought that about the Germans and Japanese. There were folks in the west who wanted to reduce German to an agricultural state. No industry and just a limited capacity to feed themselves.
German and Japan were rebuilt and are stable both economically and politically.
Are you telling me Arabs, muslims and in particular Iraqis are incapable of governing themselves?
Why dont do a search on the people of Iraq. They have a cultured history.
Then do a search on the Baath party and you will see where Saddam model his state on Stalin.