Nobody here claims (and it wasn't exactly a spread ideology of the Bush administration) that Al Qaeda was Iraqi. Please, let that little gem go. It was never true.
Once you understand the basic premise of The Enemey of My Enemy is My Friend, you'll begin to put together the puzzle that includes Iraq, Iran, Syria & Lebanon, among others. Iraq was already a thorn in our side. He wasn't following UN manadates (as he agreed) and while we're in the neighborhood, let's clean all the trash).
We've all been over this, ad infinitum. Some terrorist groups were being, at least partially, funded by Hussein. You think Usama bin Laden & Saddam Hussein were above using each other for political gain?
Once you understand the basic premise of The Enemey of My Enemy is My Friend, you'll begin to put together the puzzle that includes Iraq, Iran, Syria & Lebanon, among others. Iraq was already a thorn in our side. He wasn't following UN manadates (as he agreed) and while we're in the neighborhood, let's clean all the trash).
We've all been over this, ad infinitum. Some terrorist groups were being, at least partially, funded by Hussein. You think Usama bin Laden & Saddam Hussein were above using each other for political gain?