Are seriously suggesting attacking every country that has a WMD program? If not - why only Iraq? Of all the countries in the region, Iraq has by far the smallest program - so small, that neither the UN inspectors nor the US intelligence agencies can find hard evidence for its existence. All that has surfaced so far is anecdotal evidence of a very dubious kind. But a full-scale WMD program has a large footprint and is not easy to conceal.
As for the single alleged terrorist who has appeared in Northern Iraq, which is controlled by the Kurdish allies of the US - that is fundamentally unimpressive. There are (have been) more terrorists in Northern Germany. When does the US plan to attack Germany?
"The war with Iraq IS the WAR ON TERROR. Why are some people having such difficulty in dealing with the obvious?"
That is an interesting statement. So far, the terrorists who have expressed their intent to harm the US, have mostly come from Saudi-Arabia and some other US allies. It is counter-intuitive to attack the only country in the region, which is not in some way affiliated with Islamic fundamentalism. Saddam Hussein has even tried to stem the tide by attacking Iran right after the Shah was deposed and the Ayatollah came to power.
In short, yes. Every ROUGUE state with WMD should be disarmed at all costs. At length, if you paid attention to the 2002 SOTUA, GWB defined the rougue states of concern as the "Axis Of Evil" to this date, many of those states identified have born out the truth of his statements. GWB is simply staying the course. It's tough to counter someone who's constantly proven to be right every time.
As for the single alleged terrorist who has appeared in Northern Iraq, which is controlled by the Kurdish allies of the US - that is fundamentally unimpressive. There are (have been) more terrorists in Northern Germany. When does the US plan to attack Germany?
I think your're attempting to evade the facts here. Iraq is a rougue state that has an active WMD program. They have not been able to explain the absence of known stockpiles of Bio/Chem agents to UN inspectors. Al Queda is known to have training camps in Iraq. There is evidence of financing and other aspects of direct ties between terrorists and Iraq. In addition, I'll simply state that Germany needs to be very concerned about our current relationship.
That is an interesting statement. So far, the terrorists who have expressed their intent to harm the US, have mostly come from Saudi-Arabia and some other US allies. It is counter-intuitive to attack the only country in the region, which is not in some way affiliated with Islamic fundamentalism. Saddam Hussein has even tried to stem the tide by attacking Iran right after the Shah was deposed and the Ayatollah came to power.
Head in the ground again, I just can't spend all day stating the basics of the situation. Either you will examine all of the facts or you won't.