Agreed. Saddam might not have had much to do with 9/11, but he was a mad-dog, and needed to be taken out. Jayna Davis made a strong case that Iraqi agents were behind the OKC bombing. My objection was to the major spree of nation building that went on afterwards. That was a supreme waste of money and lives (particularly in Afghanistan - which will never be a 'nation').
To be fair, I think Saddam had much to be angry about regarding Gulf War I, as it appears that our Ambassador had indicated that we wouldn't care (too much) if Iraq took over Kuwait (a made up Country). I think we flipped (probably after Mrs. Hatcher yelled at Bush), and decided that we really did care.
Be that as it may, Saddam had to be taken out (OKC, attempted murder of Bush I, and supporting all sorts of terrorist groups) as he was a menace to the United States.
Kind of reminds me of Dean Acheson telling the world that the Korean Peninsula was outside our sphere of influence, and five months later, North Korea rolled into South Korea.
We stayed too long in Iraq, and WAY too long in Afghanistan, but I am proud of the way our military conducted itself over there. After Vietnam, I’ll never approve with my silence the turning of our national back on our military.
That scumbag Abbu Abbas was being sheltered by Iraq too, let us not forget that. That SOB was never held to account for the Achille Lauro hijacking.