They never claimed Saddam had nukes. They said WMD's which encompasses biological and chemical. South Korea doesn't have nukes buddy, you're thinking of the North and I guess you'd have to look at "Just War" theories to why we haven't had a full on invasion of NK yet.
Did you not forget that almost ALL of the nations in the ME are sucking America's cock? Why would the US ever be interested in fighting a religious war?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/w...osure-in-iraq-pentagon-acknowledges.html?_r=0
Gee I guess those troops were full of shit when they found chemical weapons.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/veterans-iraq-war-untold-story/382558/
I'm using very left wing sources so you can't ever bitch about bias.
Yeah I think Mustard and Sarin gas could be considered "WMDs."
On Airstrikes: Americans even gave local iraqi chem trail markers to light up saddam targets. Some targets were legit, some could've been people they hated. They gave civilian populations a chance to leave before they have an all out assault. Same during the Battle of Fallujah and Ramadi, everyone staying in the city after a certain date is declared hostile. Of course people head out to refugee camps, it's fucking war. Only 8000 civilian casualties in the first two months which is NOTHING compared to previous wars. How many people died in Dresden and the firebombings of Japanese cities? You can bet your ass they didn't get a warning.
UN Resolution 1441 effectively gave any Security Council member to take military action against Iraq. Everyone on that council (including Syria who are Baathist) voted in FAVOUR. Iraq violated a ton of shit that was placed on them. It was then time when you have to make will and words into action.