Barry,

"the blood on the hands of those that protested this war"

Yes, because those people did nothing to tell Saddam to comply with the UNR, or honor his cease-fire commitments.They did nothing to stop the war- only to tell the world that Saddam could do whatever he wanted, without cost- just like Chamberlin.

Had Saddam thought he would be attacked, he would have complied with UNR, and there would have been no war- so the protests, and the other governments blocking US action are a contributing cause to the war.