The issue again boils down to whether or not these "ties" to terrorist organizations justified invading Iraq. And the answer is categorically, uniquivically, hell no because if the United States is in the business of invading countries with governments who have "links" to terror organizations based on "potential threats," then we might as well just invade most of Africa, the middle east, southeast Asia, and South America.
I agree with you here. It does boil down to whether the ties to terrorist organizations, taken together with the crumbling U.N. sanctions, Saddam's violation of U.N. sanctions; and in hindsight with Saddam's stated desired to rekindle his WMD programs (which we could only find out about in hindsight, with the benefit of the interviews conducted by George Piro) justify, in hindsight, the U.S. going to war to remove Saddam.
Personally, I have no problem with our decision to go to war and remove Saddam. And I understand you disagree with that decision. Fair enough.