[cwb]

"Exactly. I think folks who say that the WMD issue is no big deal should put the shoe on the other foot and think what if it had been Clinton? There would be no end to the conspiracy theories, BS, etc.."

There's just one problem with this. Clinton did use this argument when he attacked Iraq on multiple occassions. If my memory serves, Clinton attacked Iraq on 4 separate occassions, with each attack related to WMDs and UN violations. Clinton not only attacked Iraq, he bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Sudan and started a 78-day bombing campaign in Kosovo, over what could be argued to be exaggerated evidence. I just don't recall Republican outrage reaching the cresindo(sp) that we see with Democrats over Iraq.

[JohnGalt]

There was plenty of outrage over Clinton.

Its clear Clinton asked for certain kinds of intelligence that he could cite anytime he needed to bomb a country to get the problems at home of the front page.

Because the PNAC group needed that same intelligence to push for their agenda (regime change in Iraq), they held on to it and pushed it to their boss. Now, both camps are in agreement that this best be not talked about it, but conservative should be outraged that this is how our country was taken to war...the process was despicable, regardless of the merits of the war and the policy objectives.

PNAC Letter to Bill Clinton 1/26/1998 Urging invasion of Iraq: Signed by:

Elliott Abrams Richard L. Armitage William J. Bennett

Jeffrey Bergner John Bolton Paula Dobriansky

Francis Fukuyama Robert Kagan Zalmay Khalilzad

William Kristol Richard Perle Peter W. Rodman

Donald Rumsfeld William Schneider, Jr. Vin Weber

Paul Wolfowitz R. James Woolsey Robert B. Zoellick

[conserv13]

I just don't recall Republican outrage reaching the cresindo(sp) that we see with Democrats over Iraq.

You are right, it did not reach the pitch that the Dems are at now and have been for a looong time. I think that Clinton's intelligence on the Sudan pharmaceutical plant, the Chinese embasy, and Iraq were wrong too. Regarding Kosovo I think the Serbs should have been handled long before Kosovo. That was another half assed too little too late BS action.