They don't pose a threat to the US in anyway, yes the countries are fuxored and are corrupt and have massive human rights violations, but they don't pose a threat to the US. Saddam already proved to the world he was capable of killing at will when he gassed the Kurds and killed a couple hundred thousand ppl, he also proved to the world that he was capable of taking over a country that border's iraq on a whim and no one can stop him except the US. He wouldnt let us in the country to inspect, he bluffed he had weapons , we called the bluff , weapons or not, saddam is the person at fault here not the US.