Well Toad, I can't believe you rolled out Iraq/Al Queda as having anything but an ancillary significance where the war is concerned.
I think there are potentially interesting and more pertinent discussions about the "democracy domino" effect/preemption theories that Wolfowitz/ Rumsfeld etc. have been so hot about, and how they would theoretically make the Middle East safe for Western Democracy. IMO that is the only direct relationship Iraq has with the war on terror and the rest, WMD included, are just tools to sell the bigger policy.
Charon