Speaking of options, and the lack thereof...
If Saddam could have been removed by other means, would that have been more humane, reasonable?
Of course.
Still waiting on those brilliant ideas from your side. If you have some magic weapon for transporting dictators into the cornfield, let us know. So far, despite your constant harping on use of the military, even in Afghanistan, you haven't come up with any non-military way of dealing with these things.
You've even denounced highly-targeted, non-invasion air attacks on terror strongholds. What else you got?