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The threat of WMD is just one component in the rational for ousting Saddam. The connection with terrorism was real, with Saddam subsidizing suicide terror in the Middle East.

He violated the terms of the ceasefire continuously for 12 years and the resolve of the United States was being denigrated in the eyes of the Arab world. Iraq was a poignant object lesson for those in the region.
The United States has no longer the luxury of isolationism in the world after September 11. The Islamic world must take us seriously, and there have to be radical changes in that part of the world. The fruits of the successful invasion of Iraq are already apparent. Kaddafi seems to have gotten the message, and we have gotten the attention of Iran.

BTW, the existence of WMD in Iraq is a certified fact. What happened to them between 1991 and the present has never been determined, so it is a little premature to start shouting democrat talking points from the rooftop.