In this March 20, 2003 file photo, smoke rises from the Trade Ministry in Baghdad after it was hit by a missile during US-led forces attacks. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective became is simply to get out, and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but &quot;good enough.&quot;  Photo: Jerome Delay, AP