That is not a true statement. Hussein gassed thousands of Kurds in the 90's. And in May of 03 The Polish army found a stockpile of missles armds with Cyclosarin. Which is a nerve agent. Search ABC News.com and search for "POLISH ARMY IN IRAQ"

Bottom line is that in Jan of 91 the congress declared war on Iraq. We signed a ceasr fire agreement not a peace treaty in the same year. Iraq violated that agreement for 8 years by firing on our jets enforcing the no fly zone almost daily. He starved and tortured his people and collaborated with terrorists according to the 911 commission report. He violated UN security council resolutions on at least 17 counts. So the CEASE FIRE was ended and we resumed hostilities that he never ended.

So the result is that UN resolutions are now being enforced, he was removed from power, the government of Iraq will be one of their choosing, they are no longer an active pursuant of Nuclear weapons and a madman dictator can no longer pursue genocide against the Kurds.

I for one say that all these people that you say you care so much about have accomplished a great deal more than nothing.