but he DID have terrorist connections and they even found that via the oil for food scandal he had funneled money to Al Qaeda front groups
He had no more "connection" to terrorists than you would if your next door neighbor turned out to be Al Qaeda.
Saddam hated the fundies... the one purpose he served and what he's sorely needed for now is to keep the fundies at bay... and keep Iran from getting too much power.
We were attacked by 16 Saudi nationals who were funded by Saudi's and trained in Afghanistan and then AQ was shielded by the Taliban.
And we invaded Iraq?
Notice a problem there?