"Prior to the U.S. invasion, Iraq and the Answar Islam group were not a threat to the U.S." - Dianavan

Fortunately that was not the assessment of the Joint House Security Committee set up to assess external threats to the United States of America in the wake of the September 11th attacks on New York and Washington. And remember it was this Committee that identified Iraq as posing the greatest threat - not the Administration of the day.