Invading Iraq was a mistake but I'm not going to let you try to morally equate the invasion of Ukraine and Iraq. One was an illconceived and halfassed attempt

Invading Iraq was a mistake but I'm not going to let you try to morally equate the invasion of Ukraine and Iraq. One was an illconceived and halfassed attempt to remove an explicitly genocidal dictator, with the goal of replacing him with some fantasy liberal democracy. The other is an attempt to eliminate a democratically elected government, permanently annex territory, and culturally and linguistically subsume Ukraine into Russia by any means necessary. It's not the same.