[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Right but, given the context you describe, Iraq doesn't really matter or, in the immortal words of Ms. Dowd:

"But why are we going after a lunatic in Iraq for planning to make a bomb and not a lunatic in North Korea who already has bombs?" the Boy asked.

"At the end of the day," Perle replied, his voice dripping with patience for his student, "Iraq is an easy kill."

[Tailgunner Joe]

Kim Jong Il has nukes. Do you want Saddam to have nukes too?