The war wasn't about Saddam Hussein:
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cf...cfm?ItemID=4685
[Actually, U.S. officials made clear that U.S. troops would enter Iraq whether or not Saddam and his sons left the country. (Michael R. Gordon, "Allies Will Move In, Even if Saddam Hussein Moves Out," New York Times, March 18, 2003, p. A16.)]