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Unity behind a president who put our country into an existing war, (in no small part) as a result of a direct attack on our soil, is a no-brainer.



pmbuko, you hang yourself with your own words. What you describe above is exactly what happened after 9/11! The ongoing war (slain marines in Lebanon, the first attempt at WTC bombing, the USS Kohl) came to US soil, and to follow our president is, as you put it, a "no-brainer".

Maybe we haven't found Saddam's WMD's yet. We know they were there because we sold them to him! There was universal acceptance before we invaded Iraq that there were WMD's there. John Kerry even said so. Therefore, Saddam hid them (or sent them over the border to Syria) before the invasion.

Maybe Saddam wasn't directly responsible for 9/11. He was still a brutal dictator with WMD's, and a threat to US interests. Iraq is much better off now than they were 2 years ago. Iraquis were glad to see Saddam go. I worked with an Iraqi every day who had family still in Baghdad, and despite her worries about them, she supported the war.

Mark

"Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff"