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I suppose this may be a dissenting voice here, but the speech did not convince me either., re: Iraq. (not that I am in favor of the near traitorous way the demonKrats whined). I don't think in a Republic it is too much to ask for the people to insist on evidence from their elected leaders before their sons and daughters risk death.

Yes, I would like more of a smoking gun before the guns start smoking. I agree that based on Blik's report they are in material breach, but I want to see the evidence of Al-Q links and that they are indeed building up WMD now.

Here's more from James Lileks about Iraq:

Let's say I'm a 44-year old Iraqi man with a two-year old girl and a wife who worked in the Ministry of Justice and came home every day weeping because someone else had been taken away, I would hear this speech and be filled with piercing fear and incandescent hope and the two emotions would wrestle every day until it was over. When you think about it, a postwar Iraq might actually be safer from WMD than New York City. It’ll be over for them.
We’ve no idea when it’ll be over for us.

they are indeed building up WMD now.

You saw the evidence already.....remember the anthrax attack...... you think that came from a lone right wing scientist. That anthrax was so refined it could only have come from a very skilled lab.

Sorry to hear the speech didn't convince you....

BTW.....I posted an excerpt from the new Woodward book....it seems at the highest levels of our government they are convinced the anthrax came from AQ with the help from a rogue state. If you can get your hands on a copy you need to read that passage..

The argument isn't even over whether or not they are building WMD, that's just an issue that puts it over the top on its face. The issue is, Hussein conditionally surrendured. We agreed that we wouldn't invade and dismantle his government if he did several things. Hussein agreed to these terms.

One of the things agreed to was that he would not only halt production of WMDs, but destroy any that he had. An inspection regime was put in place to verify that he was doing what he said he was doing.

As example, he and his government admitted to having certain quantities of Anthrax. His responsibility for that is to allow the inspectors access so that they can observe and certify that X amount of Y material was destroyed. Instead, these materials have disappeared with no explanation. It's up to Hussein to explain what happened to the materials, and cooperate so that the inspectors can certify - else there's no real justification, other than laziness on our and the U.N.'s part, for NOT invading and removing his government from power.