Iraq - is it really better today?

No it is not, no matter what people say about Saddam, he never killed as many people as these extremists are killing now, is Iraq better of now than under Saddam? my answer would be no because he kept these people in check and now you have fanatical religious clerics making the laws instead of a leader, even though Saddam was a dictator, life was still better for most people under him, just take a look at how much worse of Women are in Iraq nowadays.