Although I have been critical of a lot of George W.'s policies lately, I do believe that an invasion upon Iraq is both imminent and warranted.
What do you think?
I dunno about Iraq - I'm not 100% convinced either way. On the one hand, Saddam is definitely a bad guy and he may cause trouble in the future. On the other hand, we're supposed to be a nation of laws, and attacking Saddam because he MIGHT do something is a lot like the whole liberal mindset of "we don't like him, doesn't matter whether he's done anything or not, he's bad, let's get him."
A good example of the way this mindset is held by the current administration is the arrest of Padilla. While I have no doubt that he's a bad guy, the idea expressed by Bush that "He's a bad man, and he needs to be in prison," whether they even had anything to charge him with, is EXTREMELY dangerous in an allegedly "free" country which supposedly has the rule of law. Frankly, it amazes me that most "conservatives" have no understanding of how slippery that slope is. When the president can arbitrarily have someone - an American citizen - locked up because "he's a bad man," even though he's broken no laws that we know of, we are no longer free.
And the same applies to Iraq. The stakes are certainly higher, but where do we draw the line? And will the same "conservatives" who think it's OK for Bush to do things like that think it'll be OK when President Hillary or whoever does it to "conservatives"? When people start being arrested, without charge, because of "anti-government hate-speech"?