Are the Iraqi's Better Off?

As the sane among us celebrate the tremendous turnout for the Iraqi elections today, I have to wonder what impairments cause an inability to recognize the difference between a tyrannical dictator and a freely elected government. Some like Erwin Chemerinsky, the lefty Duke law professor can state that the Iraqi's are worse off. And he uses the cost and deaths to support his decision. That he favors totalitarian governments is probably not a surprise if you listen to his opinion on things legal but is a clear warning about what lefty's want for us. What drives me really insane, however, are the people who tell you, when asked, that they don't know.