Sox...
The terrorists, responsible for 9/11, were al-Qaeda. They have training camps in Iraq, and were funded by Hussein. That's the connection...one of them, anyway.
Yes, one of our missions was accomplished - the ousting of Hussein. The rest is guerilla and will take a long time, just like the President and his generals have been saying all along.
"Never anger a dragon, for thou art crunchy and go well with brie."
Viv