Hitler did not land on our shore. (I'm sure you knew that.)
I basically feel the same way about war as you do...although I am conservative and am pro-life. I hate war and was not for this one, but I think George Bush honestly believed that he was securing the long-term safety of our country by ridding Saddam Hussein from power. Of course there is no way to prove how this would have played out had Saddam been left in charge. But Bush simply felt that the Middle East's oil supply was in too big of jeapardy with Hussein in the region. And had the world's oil supply been hijacked, everyone world-wide would have been screwed.