The day Saddam's regime collapses is the day sanctions will be lifted. The implication, then, is that the objective of the sanctions is to force a goverment on Iraq that is acceptable to the US - much the same objective as the US had with its invasion of Panama. This objective, however, is not part of the official rationale for the sanctions. It thus becomes clear that the sanction process is being manipulated and subverted by the US for its own geopolitical purposes. Furthermore, the US continues to arm, fund, and train military regimes throughout the world which are every bit as repressive and militaristic as Iraq is purported to be.
Turkey is specious.
These two invasions deserve more comparison. In the case of Turkey the go-ahead signal was genuine, whereas in the case of Iraq it turned out to be a means of deceptive entrapment. Drug charges are trumped up against Noriega, based on acts committed while he was on the CIA payroll. Entire Panamanian Defense Forces wiped out in an attack alleged to be aimed at arresting Noriega. Media presents side-show entertainment and suppresses extent of invasion and casualties.