It wasn’t weaponized patchouli oil that Saddam used in the largest chemical weapons attack directed against a civilian-populated area in history.
Don’t get me wrong. Saddam was a bad man. He was evil. But that doesn’t mean that the U.S. needed to topple him, especially when we had our hands full in Afghanistan.
Expanding on my post #9. Stalin was a bad man, an evil man. Should FDR have invaded Russia while at the same time fighting Hitler and Tojo? Of course not.
The same applies in regards to Bush II. He had his hands full in Afghanistan. Yet Bush II decided to open up another front. Not only did that divide our resources, it angered many folks who would have otherwise stayed on the sidelines.