The Iraqi War; Bush's Gift to Osama was launched based on Saddam's Thoughts?

This whole disaster began in Sept of 2001.  We were attacked not by a country but by a group.  We went to war in Afghanistan to find this group and most of all their leader, who boasted of the attack.  We did not, nor have we yet, found that leader, Osama. 

Congress, in a somewhat knee jerk reaction to the attack of 9-11, passed the Patriot Act.  Many who voted for it, now tell us they really didn't know what the contents of the Act were at the time they voted for it.  There is no excuse for that.  Congress should have been more concerned about protecting the rights of the  American people and should have been more responsible in taking such a drastic step.   Congress should have taken time to read the contents of the Patriot Act, and they should have thought about its effects.  But, in a hurried and admittedly thoughtless attempt to protect us from our enemies, they voted for it and at the same time they turned us over to, and placed us in the custody of  Attorney General John Ashcroft, without giving us a chance to protest, protect or defend ourselves.  We were designated guilty until proven innocent.  They tossed our rights out and made us less free.  That must have pleased Osama, because bush tells us that Osama attacked us because he hated our freedom.  So what was this administration's reaction?  They took away some of our freedom. 

Then, while our country was at war in Afghanistan as we searched for Osama, the administration created a reason to take this war to Iraq.   They convinced this same Congress that Saddam and Iraq were an imminent threat to our very existence.  Again Congress voted first, and thought about it later.  But when they got around to thinking about it, it was too late.  It's still too late to save the lives of at least five hundred soldiers and god only knows how many innocent Iraqis.  It's too late to stop this war, and we can