[Theodore R.]

sufficient justification for "regime change" in Iraq.

I meant to say he did not see a direct "smoking gun" (a favorite term of liberals) between 9-11 and Saddam Hussein. However, there were reports that Saddam did at one time have a connection with Osama bin Laden.

[SW6906]

No, we're not being inconsistent re: Kosovo and Iraq.

In Kosovo, there was NO threat to the security of the United States. None whatsoever. That is why I opposed that war. With Iraq, there was a threat to our national security in the form of Saddam's harboring of - and direct financial support of - terrorists (Abu Nidal, Salman Pak, Ansar Al Islam, paying families of Pali homocide bombers, etc, etc, etc). The intent of attacking Iraq and getting rid of Saddam is to start to dismantle that hornets nest of terrorists and crap in the Middle East and to eventually make the free world safer from terrorists and those who support them.

Kosovo was nothing but a humanitarian "meals on wheels" action that should have and could have been handled completely by the Europeans who were concerned about it destabilizing their back yard. It was their problem, not ours.

[familyofman]

"...there were reports that Saddam did at one time have a connection with Osama bin Laden."

Sgt Joe Friday check needed here - the facts, just the facts. There have been reports on almost eveything imaginable in the world; ufos, life on Mars, angels dancing on pinheads... The question is & always will be - where are the facts that support the report.