Safer?

If I have an arrow sticking out of my belly I would be better off if it weren't there. But just yanking it out would rip my guts to shreds and that wouldn't be good for my survival.

Just something to consider the next time you hear someone ask, "Do you think we would be safer if we hadn't removed Saddam from power?"

Let us not confuse the question of removing an agent of harm with the question of how you remove an agent of harm.