Are you kidding? We did nothing but negoiate with Saddam over the course of a dozen years or so. He disregarded all of our sanctions, warnings, and requests. He violated 16 UN resolutions in a row. 16 in a rown! He kicked out the UN inspectors from his country. While the inspectors were there he stymied their efforts and obstructed them whenever he could. He paid the families of suicide bombers to kill people in Israel. He violated the oil for food program. He was bribing countries like France to ensure he could do as he pleased without worrying about us invading. And he completely disregarded the peace treaty that he signed that left him in power after our 1st war with him in 1991. So, to say we "rushed" in without talking to Saddam is absurd in the extreme.