>The U.S. "did it" to the Iraqis despite their having NO INVOLVEMENT in the 9/11 attacks, and the casualty counts of Iraqis was severe in the actual war itself.
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>Let's assume for one moment that Iraq had zero connection with bin Laden (which is not true, but let's assume for one moment that no connection existed).

There was no effective relationship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein_and_al-Qaeda

>Pre-emptiveness is a necessity. Had we taken out countries like Iraq, Syria, and Iran, it could have prevented 9-11.

Why are you including Iraq in that list? For sure Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are greater sources of Islamic fundamentalists.