Saddam was most powerful and most dangerous in the days before the first Gulf War when he was our ally. In the days since his army was instantaneously humiliated and obliterated after that war, he became less of a threat-not more of a threat. If we didn't feel justified in taking him out after the first gulf war, we had no justification in taking him out now.
When was the last time that Iraq successfully attacked any country? When was the last time that Iraq invaded or attempted to invade any country? What evidence is there that Saddam intended to attack any other country in the near future?When was the last time that Iraq was a major world power?
Don't forget, when Hilter came to power, he didn't inherit a blank slate. In 1933, Germany had a recent history of being a belligerent & powerful nation with ambitions of conquering the large part of the free world and it had only been 16 years since they had very nearly pulled it off - after routing some of the best armies from some of the most powerful countries on earth.
Comparing Iraq and Saddam to Germany and Hitler shows a naive and shockingly ingnorant awareness of recent world history.
