Pardon me if I shout for a second: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT IRAQ HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH SEPTEMBER 11.

"Standing up to Saddam Hussein" is about a big country stomping a small country.

No, Iraq is not a very pleasant regime. Nor for that matter was Poland when Hitler invaded it. That didn't stop the invasion being a criminal act of aggression, for which the rulers of Germany were rightly put on trial.