Saddam Hussein Was No Longer Contained

Over at Iraq Pundit there is a discussion about the El Pais article. Iraq Pundit himself, of course, immediately zeros in on the point about WDM, unlike our friends the BDS sufferers. In the comments there is a statement by Muggins which pretty much sums up the justification for the Iraq war.

"Iraq had chemical manufacturing plants. Iraq could produce WMDs easily. What the U.S. didn't want is cooperation between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. Both of them were in competition for dominance in the Middle East, but both had in common the U.S., that they wanted out of the Middle East. And they had reciprical resources:

Iraq had chemical technology, real estate, and money, while al Qaeda had terror cells and Kamikazees. With the asymmetrical warfare demonstrated on 9/11, Saddam
realized that he didn't need his tanks and air force to attack the U.S.. He was no longer contained."

We know there had been contact between al Qaeda and Iraq from a letter discovered by Canadian journalist Mitch Potter, shortly after the Hussein Regime fell. We know Saddam Hussein funded and supported terrorism. So why should this be such a difficult thing for BDS sufferers to grasp?

There are other cogent comments on the whole fiasco in the Iraq Pundit comments as well. I highly recommend you check it out.