That's like saying 9/11 was no big deal because we kill 3,000 human beings in abortion clinics in this country every 17 hours or so.
Nope it is the damned truth. People get killed in war and we are getting a hell of a lot better at being the ones doing the killing.
As far as I'm concerned, the only reason we needed to take out Saddam was that he repeatedly violated the cease fire provisions resulting from the first Gulf War.
He fired upon U.S. aircraft flying in the zone where they, by prior agreement, had a right to fly. That's it. Nothing more is needed. He chose to violate the cease fire agreement and demonstrated an intention and the will to continue hostilities.