Granted, the victims of Saddam must share some blame for failing to get rid of him themselves. But for the record, they did try.
As long as we have to get Saddam out of the way, it doesn't hurt to try to help these poor bastards while we're doing it. We have an opportunity to help them. In fact, removing the Baathist regime in itself constitutes a big leg up.
Anyway, my real point is to rag on the blatant hypocrisy of the pacifist argument.