The debate over whether or not Saddam had links to Al Queda may have some justification, but Americans should not be obsessed with it. The left makes these arguments all the time like "Saddam had no link to Al Queda." It doesn't matter at all if he did or did not. We know for a fact Saddam had links to terrorists. And this is a war on terrorism.
Looking and looking into the debate over Saddam and his links to Al Queda just to satisfy the left and others is a waste of time. If people believe in the war on terrorism, then Saddam's regime was a justified target. If they don't believe that Saddam was a justified target by the US as part of its war on terrorism, then they do not believe in the war on terrorism.
I couldn't possibly agree more, it may even be harmful to our cause.
There is no need for there to be a pre-9-11 link between Saddam and al-Qaida in order to justify the Iraq war. If there is a lesson from 9-11, it is that neither WMD nor state sponsorship is required to wreak devastation upon Americans on American soil. The Left surely hasn't grasped this lesson, but could we take the chance that Saddam didn't either?
Saddam had motive. He was humiliated by us in '91, and had already demonstrated in the attempted assassination of a former president, his willingness to strike at us in a clandestine manner. What's more, he represented the symbol of Arab power, and no scenario whereby terror can be said to be dealt with properly could ensue which didn't include his removal from power.