Nailing down the reason for war.
Pres. Bush ALWAYS said the war was against those who aided, abetted, harbored.....terrorism...particularly those terrorists involved in 9/11.
Great catch! Buuuump!
Yes, he did. I will never bear False Witness against our President by saying otherwise.
What I will say, is that Anti-Terrorism SHOULD have been the center-piece of the Case for War (and I am not "Monday Morning Quarterbacking, I said so well before the bombs started dropping)... not WMD's.
I read the stuff you posted on Sarin Gas and "Magnitude of Threat factored into Likelihood of Deployment = Total Threat Assessment", and sure it makes a cold sort of mathematical sense.
But that said, I still think a better Case woulda been made by saying: "Salman Pak, 30 miles south of Baghdad. Operational terrorist training camp. Mocked-up Boeing Airliner, Five-Man Teams, training in the use of Boxcutters as Hijack Weapons... what more do we need to say?"
as always, jmho