Former weapons inspector says Iraq was better off under Saddam.

Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix on Wednesday described the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as a "pure failure" that had left the country worse off than under the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein.

In unusually harsh comments to Danish newspaper Politiken, the diplomatic Swede said the U.S. government had ended up in a situation in which neither staying nor leaving Iraq were good options.

"Iraq is a pure failure," Blix was quoted as saying. "If the Americans pull out, there is a risk that they will leave a country in civil war. At the same time it doesn't seem that the United States can help to stabilize the situation by staying there."

I believe that there are more and more people who feel this way but are too timid to say it.

But I am not! To me it is obvious that the people of Iraq were better off under Saddam Hussein. He was a dangerous dictator, but he did manage to stave off the wholesale slaughter that we are seeing today.