[WFTR]

Your concerns are valid, and I share many of them. My only caveat about the intelligence is that right now we don't know how good or bad the intelligence was. David Kay doesn't think that we'll find WMD stockpiles and doesn't believe that those stockpiles were in Iraq at the start of the war. However, he admits that those stockpiles may have been moved to Syria. He advises against pursuing them further because Syria will never cooperate.

I agree that Syria won't cooperate and that we won't find WMD stockpiles that were sent to Syria, but I disagree with Mr. Kay when he tries to brush aside that question. If Iraq had stockpiles and sent them to Syria, then our intelligence wasn't wrong. Our intelligence should have warned us that the weapons were being moved, but that's a different and much less critical failure. We have to understand exactly what happened and ensure that we investigate the right "failure." If the WMD stockpiles never existed, that's one failure. If they existed but were moved just prior to the war, that's a different failure. I supported the war either way, but the first failure might have impacted whether we went to war. The second scenario, not knowing that the weapons had been moved, shouldn't have impacted the war decision at all. If we hadn't gone to war, Syria would likely have returned the stockpiles to Iraq.

Either way, I hope that this discussion helps with your decision. Do you mind telling me where you live? Are you in a swing state?

Well, four and a half
Bill

[MontePierce]

I agree with you on WMD's and intelligence 100%, however the president is still liable in many aspects. And I live in Louisiana, so it is sort of a swing state. Should I decide not to vote for Bush I will make sure to go vote to keep another Mary Landrieu out of the Senate.