ergo sum, why are you so certain Saddam wouldn't give WMD to Al Qaida? Ever hear the phrase 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'? I am glad our government isn't as naive as you, willing to wait around for thousands of American citizens to be murdered before doing anything about it - if anything at all ('cause we won't have a smoking gun).
Your assertion that "our troops did not need to be sent" is laughable. Use your head for God's sake! Do you really believe Saddam would have allowed UN weapons inspectors back into Iraq if the U.S. didn't begin massing troops on his borders? Do you really believe he would have allowed UN inpections indefinately unless he didn't feel threatened. Saddam was smart - smarter than you. He did just enough to appease the appeasers. His only mis-calculation was that the Bush administration wouldn't cave to the appeasers on the UN Security Council.
Your last statement floors me. Do you think this war is about convincing Al Qaeda that they're wrong?
The #1 most under-reported story in 2002-2003 is that we're winning the war on terrorism. That doesn't mean we won't be attacked again by Al Qaeda, but they're getting they're butts kicked big time. Because the news of this war has been dribbling out piece-meal, the big picture hasn't been painted by anyone in the news media. We've whacked or captured 6 of their top leaders, busted up dozens of cells, disrupted their financial networks, and destroyed their extensive training infrastructure.
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