If your only point is that many Democrats believed Saddam Hussein to be a significant threat I donââ?¬â?¢t think you will get an argument from anyone. The difference is that the Bush Administration was willing to commit America to a full scale all out war based upon this perceived threat ââ?¬â?? the Clinton Administration was not. They were more interested in a more measured and cautious approach.
After 9/11, most Americans, except apparently those in the Bush Adminstration, correctly perceived that the greatest threat to our country was OBL and Al Qaida- not Saddam Hussein. For whatever reason, the Bush Administration sought out information which would justify war against Iraq (i.e. yellow cake from Niger). There has never been any evidence linking Saddam with 9/11 or with Al Qaida. It is pretty much evident now that there is no evidence and no link.
Now, we are stuck in a quagmire in Iraq. Saddam Hussein, (incidentally an enemy of OBL) is under arrest but OBL is still at large and benefiting from the Iraq War ââ?¬â??a public relations bonanza that has to be beyond his wildest hopes and dreams.
