911. That left us with two choices. Fight a two front war, or end the war we could. We finished the Iraqi War. There was only one war. We had a decade-long cease-fire. There was no war crime. He did not invade Iraq illegally. EVERYONE thought he had WMDs (I find it irrationally unethical that people pretend otherwise, since it is public record that virtually everyone thought he did and Saddam bragged about having them to his allies). It's that simple. I find the political bigotry that blinds people to these basic facts amazingly contemptible. An odd position to be in considering I'm a Democrat. But I am an EDUCATED democrat who does not hate half the country. Besides, Bush made a decision based off false intelligence from numerous agencies (not all the intel about Iraq having WMD's was from the US either). Saddam knowingly and purposely executed civilians and even unleashed genocide on the Kurds. Source(s): He didnt commit a war crime. Saddam violated the weapons inspection agreement and other agreements that were set up after Gulf War 1 in the 90s. Part of the agreement that was U.N. approved said that failure to comply could result in military action. Iraq didnt comply so action was taken. Second Answer- Because the rest of the world isnt stupid enough to declare war on the United States. Because propaganda fooled the masses of America into thinking Iraq was the cause, which was foolish, and because we wanted "revenge" against something that