If someone accepted that Saddam has extensive links to international terrorism in general (which is documented), and that the war on international terrorism (not just on al Queda) was proper, I wonder how they would expect to make progress to win it while Saddam remained empowered.
As for international terror, I don't sign on to the concept because it is too large, I'll stick with the one's who terrorize us, you can advocate attacking Ireland if you want to make it that broad. I'm in favor of hunting down and eliminating every swine who is involved with the scum who attacked us. One at a time if necessary. That goes for eco-terrorists in this country.
Saddam is an evil force, I don't have enough info to know if he is a threat, so I have to trust our government on that right now, but trusting the government is a risky business at best, and perilous at worst.