Depends if you’re a Kurd, Kuwaiti, or Saudi vs an Iraqi or an Iranian.
For the former group, it’s better. For the latter group it’s not.
Thus endeth the NeoCon experiment.

No. Rule of Law and Democracy, are unique luxuries of temporary extraordinary wealth, but only for northern europeans who have been building a middle class for a thousand years.

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-modern-day-Iraq-better-after-the-US-led-invasion