Victor Davis Hanson on the Iraq - al-Qaida Connection

You may still hear some people talking about the lack of WMD in Iraq but as VDH points out - those same people aren't talking about "no connections between Saddam and al-Qaida" anymore:

As American casualties mount in Iraq, politicians at home now fight over who said what and when about weapons of mass destruction and the need for going to war. One of the most frequent charges is that President Bush hyped a non-existent link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida — and that as a result, we diverted our efforts from finishing off the real terrorists to start a new and costly war to replace a secular dictator.

This charge is false for several reasons — and illogical for even more.

Read the whole thing.