Was it? The were perfectly fine with ignoring the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed by Saddam's government during the revolt they instigated in 1991 because they didn't want to get involved or remove him from power at the time.

Even in 2003 that wasn't anywhere close to being the primary reason.

> We see it again and again.

That doesn't change those facts...

Are you saying that Saddam didn't commit the atrocities that he did because US government said he did?