Banning Baath was a very correct decision, were they let them stay, Iraq would've exploded, and boiled over earlier, and more violently. What was wrong was the

Banning Baath was a very correct decision, were they let them stay, Iraq would've exploded, and boiled over earlier, and more violently. What was wrong was them failing to deal with Baathists themselves, not the party. Without Baathists question being ever given a final solution, it came to bit them back. While USA was struggling with rebranded Baathist remnants, actual Saudi backed extremists, and Iranian militias sneaked in, some times even with US own backing, ensuring far bigger troubles to come. Lastly, what I forgot to mention was US finally look every bit of face, and any rapport it had left with Iraqi population. US wasn't able to talk to people of Iraq with a straight face at a after around 2007-2008. Then, they resorted to pitting Shia vs. Sunni. It was not a bright idea, and I have no idea why they even came up with it.