[aligncare]

...However, Iraq during Saddam wasn't swimming with terrorists and there was good chance his government would have fallen anyway...

The Islamofascists have been mounting ever-bolder attacks against the west for 35 years. It escalated tragically on 9-11.

At this point - the world changes. There is no more status quo, no kicking the can down the road.

Al Qiaeda grew bolder and continued waging war and forming alliances. Saddam supported terrorists and had always been a threat to the region.

Yeah, there was good chance his government would have fallen anyway...to the terrorists.

[Kuehn12]

We will never know, perhaps the whole state would have fallen apart. Those questions and others are best left to historians to debate. One thing is for sure, Saddam was never keen on sharing power. So, It is my guess that if he did have dealing with terrorists it was only on the margins because these jihadist are not secular like he was. They would have interest in undermining such governments through out the region.

You have just said the magic words that helped to start the war. That there is an implication that Saddam was connected to 9/11, and there is no proof or evidence to back that assumption up. Even the most ardent supporters of the war have discounted that now.