further, i have no memory of engaging with any media that suggested that saddam hussein had anything to do with the 9/11 attacks. my memory was that the media and government assigned the attacks to al qaeda, and the reason the united states invaded iraq was to dismantle the "weapons of mass destruction", which the international inspection teams were adamant did not exist, and for which no evidence was ever found to demonstrate their existence.

if there was ever a debate about invading iraq as retaliation for 9/11, i completely missed that. sorry.