No time for the link, pmb, but would it have been wild speculation to predict the attacks of 9-11, or the Beslan school massacre?

"The facts are, Saddam was not an imminent threat, nor was he remotely close to becoming one."

That seems like wild speculation rather than facts. He had no compunction when it came to killing, including the massacre of innocent civilians. He had the ability to reinstitute his WMD programs. He had communicated with Al Qaeda over a 10 year period and he sponsored terrorists against Israel. Doesn't seem too far fetched that he would help terrorists attack America, if at all possible.