If we had to incur 5,000 casualties in the war on terror, they should
not have been incurred in Iraq.

Well, besides the fact that it's been one of the big financial and
logistical supporters of worldwide terror for a long, long time,

Source?

Saddam Hussein.

Quotes? You're edging up on something, but I don't know what.

He used to take loud personal credit for his support of
terror groups like Hamas (giving cash to families of people who sent
kids off to be suicide bombers) and sheltering (for example) one of the
fugitives from the first WTC attack.

Whatever Saddam did or said, wiser heads than yours have said the invasion of
Iraq was unncessary. You might could gainsay those wiser heads, but you
haven't done it yet.

Walt