My recollection is that WMD had little or nothing to do with the invasion of Iraq. I recall Iraq continually thwarting the UN WMD inspections, violating the no-fly zone often threatening our aircraft, twelve years of Security Council deliberations as Iraq tried to stretch out the inevitable, thumbing their nose at the US as they really didn’t believe the US had the guts to invade, and much more.
what was the clear and present danger to the United States? Why didnt nato take over the responsibility of enforcing the no fly zone? By these criteria shouldnt we be invading Iran? By any criteria shouldnt we have destroyed Saudi Arabia ready for giving probably tens of billions to terrorists over the decades? Saddam Hussein was a $0.02 dictator and a foil to Iran.