because he was no where near to, or even on the way to, amassing the power that hitler had. iraq was in terrible condition prior to the attack. they had no real army, their infrastructure was in shambles, no proven connection to bin laden... however "if left unchecked" is the statement that seems to be on repeat. iraq was less of a threat to us than n.korea. but of course jong-il is a better person than hussein.
