Iraq is essential to the GWOT (for America) - Saddam was every bit a threat to not only America (but to much of the World) - He was a reckless dictator in the heart of the Middle East, a man who had used WMD's (prior) and had been unwilling to allow inspectors the job of finding out for sure if he was trying to reproduce them.
After Sept 11th, America could no longer sit back and watch Saddam as the gathering threat he was. This was a man who had started two wars, over took Kuwait (unprovoked), had thumbed his nose at over 17 U.N. Resolutions, continually fired missiles at U.S. Aircraft! (an act of war), was a State sponsor of terrorism, and had a long history of Gov't sponsored anti-American actions.
To suggest he wasn't a threat because he didn't have WMD's (or we can't find them) is childish -
We could have searched every INCH of Afghanistan and every INCH of every al Qeade training camp...and we would have NEVER found the weapons al Qeade used to his us.....a passenger jet liner...(let alone an American jet liner)....therefore to suggest that because we haven't found WMD's means Saddam wasn't a threat is intellectually empty!!
al Qeade didn't have WMD's...but would anyone deny they were most certainly a threat! - Of course not!
Saddam was a threat and he was dealt with - India choose not to be part of the coalition of the willing (to make the Middle East a better place) - That is India's choice and you will have to live with it (but don't cry to us now every time you want more help).
Bringing freedom and self worth to the the heart of the Middle East (Iraq) and Afghanistan is the correct path in the GWOT.
A war with Pakistan then (in 2001) was NOT the correct choice. Deal with it.