His state run programs for weapon development and apparent willingness to selectively share these resources, coupled with his hatred of Israel is going a long way toward keeping the Middle East in turmoil.
This situation would be so much more manageable without iraq's support of the Islamist machine of destruction.
This is worth the risk to us and makes it a top priority.
Whatever Saddam can do to us, I'd rather face it now, when we have a chance to mop up and recover, than later when it will be more than we can possibly handle.