Putin has never ethnically cleansed ethnic Georgians- no matter how you attempt to spin it- and Saddam's blatant history of using WMD's on his own people was most indeed one of the justifications for invading Iraq.

We are engaged in a War on Terror. That includes Terrorist States and the sponsorship they give to Terrorist groups and NGO's. You are not able to paint the entire conflict worldwide with the same brush you use for the initial invasion of Iraq.