An invasion was overkill. Could have easily taken out Saddam with an air strike, Cruise middle or some other standoff weapon.
A covert assassination would also have done the job. Once Saddam and his sons were assassinated, the line of men wanting the job would have been very short.
Assasintion is a bad precedent. I suppose some folks think murder better than legitimate multinational action.
But they’d be wrong. Do we want rogue nation’s seeking to assasinate foreign leaders too?