Although Saddam was an evil person he kept shit in check. His people and especially the Iranians. The Region definately is not more secure becasue we have created even more enemies. We cant say that it prevented attacks becasue there is no way to prove that. It would be extremely easy for anyone to attack the US with our wide opens borders. Its just fear promoted by the government.

The only people that have benefited from this war are the big businesses that are rebuilding Iraq. Look where the country is as the result of this war
But hopefully this does end well