Boris — Most of the world’s leaders, including those of the Democratic party, believed that Hussein had WMD. In fact small amounts of WMD were found in Iraq, large amounts of WMD chemicals that Iraq admitted to possessing were never accounted for, and it was concluded that Hussein had kept his options open with dual-use facilities so that he was never more than 4-6 weeks away from having fresh WMD to use.
There were links between Hussein and al-Qaeda. How strong they were and what they meant is another question. I recall a Pew poll of Republicans showing that many believed in some such strong link. They are probably mistaken, but you know what — I’ll take them over the loudmouth nuts in generous abundance on your side of the aisle who believe that the Bush administration was responsible for 9-11.
