I sort of agree, but a response against Afghanistan was a must since that where the attacks were launched. But of course Nation Building won the day instead of what really needed to be done..
Iraq was just a silly diversion and really the LEAST of our problems at that time, but I guess since Sodum decided he had to SHOW OFF thats why he got whacked... not broken up about it... but in hind-site is sure cost a lot, blood and lives.
The attacks were launched from Quetta and Peshawar every bit as much as from Kandahar (and Hamburg and Venice, FL, for that matter). I agree that a punitive expedition in Afghanistan was a necessity.
However, the enemy center of gravity lies in SW Pakistan and runs from Islamabad to Riyadh.
If we had nuked Tora Bora in December 2001, as we should have done, Saddam and Bush would have been best friends the very next day. We could have then turned Saddam loose to sweep to the Red Sea, kill the Saudi royals, take the oil (with his new friends, of course), and renew his war with Iran, this time with proper logistics and air cover. At the same time, we could have invaded Pakistan from the sea and from India, leaving the fate of the Talibs and ISI to the Indians while our expeditionary forces met up with Saddam just east of Teheran.
Instead, somehow we let the enemy leaders continue to sleep safe in their beds while killing a minor and unimportant tribal chieftain and sending Barbara Boxer to teach the Pashtuns what to do with their women.
Idiocy.
Too bad, too bad. Oh, too bad!