the sad fact is that all the issues being discussed here is our OPINIONS of what has already taken place, what is still to take place and what would have taken place if some event in the past was different.
Saying our allies were trying to save us from making a big mistake implies they did not have their own agenda and we all do (face it)
Maybe if the US didn't invade then the world would all love us and we would have one hell of a parade (

) .... or maybe NY or LA would have disappeared in a mushroom cloud. None of us can say.
you get to choose what you want to believe and if it happens to include rose colored glasses, that is your right!