You seriously still trying to justify the Iraq war even though the original reasons given to justify it have long been exposed as bullshit?!
LOL! 
Saddam hated Islamic extremists. You want to know which country finances and helps Islamic extremists? Saudi Arabia. But guess what? America is friends with the Saudi’s. So much for actually caring about defeating Jihadists. 
And I'm far from a liberal. In fact, my opinions are actually similar to how many traditional American conservatives think. Of course, I'm referring to the conservatives that actually patriotic about the future of America rather then the ones who are just interested in fattening their wallets.
Saddam hated Islamic extremists, are you fucking serious. He actually sponsored them when it served his agenda, not to mention IRAQ's links to al-Qaeda. In the 1970s and 1980s, he backed the fundamentalist Syrian Muslim Brotherhood; he also on various occasions adopted Islamist rhetoric. Saddam provided bases, training camps, and other support to terrorist groups including Palestinian terror groups. Saddam paid money to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. In April 2002, Iraq increased the amount of such payments from $10,000 to $25,000.
Why are you leftists so butthurt that every belief you have ever had about about Islam is wrong, that it isn't like other religions nor is it a religion of peace and it needs to be dealt with by a far heavier hand than is currently being adopted.