First of all, this might come as a surprise to you but Saddam had WMD's - that's right, he had them. He actually used them on the Kurd's in the north. This is a FACT. It is also a fact that he KILLED thousands of people during his reign. Heres a neat little equation for you:
Saddam + WMD's = Mass Death
Saddam - WMD's = Mass Death
Secondly, for all of you political science majors from ECC...If we were to flip the "magical switch" and pull all of our troops out tommorow it would create a vacuum. If this concept is foreign to you, watch the episode of Survivor where Rupert gets voted off - yes, the one you have on tape.
Third, while you may have thought that everything was honky-dory during Clinton's reign, he and his administration were responsible for the demise of our human intelligence gathering capabilities. This can be directly correlated to America's vulnerability to terrorists.