Ms. Ivins Regrets

Molly Ivins recently claimed in print that the war in Iraq had killed more civilians than Saddam ever did. Big mistake.

To her credit, she's acknowledged how wrong she was,

There have been estimates as high as 1 million civilians killed by Saddam, though most agree on the 300,000 to 400,000 range, making my comparison to 20,000 civilian dead in this war pathetically wrong.

She doesn't mention the numbers dead from his wars against Iran and Kuwait, though. That might make him look like more than a mere brutal tyrant, a threat to peace in the entire area. And that, of course, might make the war to depose him appear even more just.