The Iraq War- Was It Successful?

To answer this question, first the objectives of the war upon invasion must be clear. At first, when the invasion was in its infant stages and the U.N. still backed it, the official objective was to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, which the U.S. and U.N. believed held weapons of mass destruction, and was also responsible for facilitation of Islamic militant/terrorist ideals and mass disregard of human rights. Saddam's regime was toppled in a short three weeks, at which point the U.S. changed its objective to the democratization of the Iraqi people. There is no doubt that America's first objective was efficiently accomplished, which served to "avenge" the genocidal acts of violence perpetrated by Saddam's regime and certainly stopped future acts of unneeded violence.Yet the completion of the second objective, that of the democratization of Iraq, is still hazy. Although democratic process have been set in place, it is hindered by racism and fear. If the masses do show up and vote, who is not to say we will not see a promising president turn into an authoritarian dictator who refuses to relinquish their position, as Saddam did? There are many hurdles the Iraqi people must face in obtaining a fair democracy, and they must face them alone. Only time will tell how Iraq's new government goes.