Very Simply Put
 

Sadam continually thumbed his nose at the USA, and wouldn't play by the rules of the International Game. The USA tolerated Sadam for 12 years after the spanking the Coalition gave him in 1991. We had hoped he would go away...hoping somebody would bump him off. Nothing worked and he wouldn't go away. So when the USA got hit on 911 and was now in a fight for it's life...the USA could no longer afford the luxury of having Sadam thumbing his nose at the USA...

Some other players got wise and saw the handwriting on the wall that they might be next on the list and decided to start playing the International game....namely Kadaif Duck, Syria and Masherief in Pakistan....

NOw some others like North Korea and Iran...are at least smart enough to be playing the game even if they still think they can get awy with their half a$$ game....

Now see OPS and Island thats how U do it for Readers Digest....

:D yeah, your title gave that away. :)

Well put, btw.

Remember Bush said ....Your either with us or AGAINST US and that includes STATES THAT HARBOR TERRORISM."

Sadam was obviously one of those states that was AGAINST US...

But thats not what I'm driving at...Osama doesn't exist in a vacume....he receives funding and support from many sources....these people/groups/nation states are facilatators these peoples agenda hides in the shadows. These people are as much an enemy of the US as Osama is..

There has been a world wide effort to trace this money trail... this is where the real war on Terror is being fought...