Excellent article Sarettah. An eye opener.
I think that the trouble alot of people are having with this war is that Bush is/was trying to have it fall under the guise of the 'War on Terrorism'. That article mentions nothing of this.....
I think that was Bush's biggest mistake. He should have called it like it was...a call to Saddam to disarm because he is a moron, not because of any link to terrorism.
Saddam certainly is a madman and needs to be removed....I think we would be hard pressed to find someone from either camp (pro-war, anti-war) who wouldn't agree. However, as was stated many times even by people here at Oprano, the link between Al Quada and/or terrorism and Iraq is weak.
I think the Bush admin. felt that using the post 9/11 anti-terrorism momentum to their advantage when promoting a war against Iraq would be beneficial. IMHO, they would have been better off leaving that alone and gunning for the real reasons....
Ah well.....hind sight is 20/20.
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