The author of this column argues that, however bad things are in Iraq, they would be worse if the United States had not removed Saddam Hussein from power. The implication is that this justifies staying the course. This reasoning commits the fallacy of false dichotomy. There were not just two choices: leave Saddam in power and do what President Bush has done. The obvious third choice was what I have been recommending for over three years, namely, remove the tyrant from power and get out.