Originally Posted by Airborne Eagle

I'll humor him.

Why Saddam?

History of belligerance against the US.
Near daily missile and AAA firings on our patrol aircraft over the No Fly Zones.
Mass murder.
History of harboring (Abu Nidal, Abu Abbas, Zarqawi) and assisting (suicide bombers) terrorism.
Known multiple and high level contacts with al Qaeda (from the 9/11 report).
History of attacking neighboring states (within a fiur year span he ended his war with Iran and attacked/brutalized Kuwait) and destabilizing the entire region.
Billions in assets annually at his disposal to fund his campaign against the West, specifically the US.
Thousands of loyal supporters willing to kill for him.
An assassination plot against a former president.
History showing the capability and willingness to use chemical weapons against civilians.
At a minimum, the sophistication and equipment to produce mass quantities of chemical, biological weapons.
And over a decade long pseudo war with the US and our allies.

Saddam was the head of a brutal, win at all costs regime with a serious axe to grind against the US and the capability (equipment, troops, funds) and willingness to target the US (firing on our troops in the No Fly Zones on a near daily basis, attempts to assasinate US citizens).

Get it?