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I don't know exactly what the situation was at the time or how many of those things were still going on at the time.

Most of what I've seen suggests that the "imminent threat" rhetoric didn't reflect the actual situation at the point when we went in.

My point, though, was that regime change was one of our goals for going in, and regime change involves nation building.

Washington Times article: Bush a convert to nation building

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I don't know exactly what the situation was at the time or how many of those things were still going on at the time.

Well, they were all going on at the time. Saddam was flouting the UN and the US. Almost 100% of the leaders (including Democrats) thought Saddam had WMD and was close to a weapon.

You would have sat back and done nothing if you believed Saddam had WMD?

Saddam could not be allowed to continue to terrorize the world ad infinitum. The US had no other choice.