if “tyrant = invasion justified” then the US has a mandate to invade half the world. in iraq’s case, the question was whether iraq in 2003 posed an imminent global threat and whether war was the least bad option. time has shown it didn’t, and it wasn’t. saddam being evil doesn’t mask the consequences
saddam being evil doesn't mean 2003 was justified, the standard isnt "bad guy" it's legality and proportionality, they had inspectors in iraq who debunked the WMD case and they still killed millions of innocent people, raped innocent women, empowered iran while weakening its weak neighbors