There's more to the DNC strategy: Imagine 160,000 troops returning to the US with out invading. Can you hear the talking points.
Another 30-45 day delay and the invasion would have been impossible until the fall of 2003. Once June hits the Gulf becomes the hottest region on earth. Humid too. Our troops would not be able to carry enough water to ensure human survival wearing chem suits in 130 degree temperatures.
We needed to be in Baghdad with bases set up before the Iraqi summer.
That is the most inane claim possible. When you decide and lead, you go in one direction rather than another. The guys who don't like wha t you do will be pissed and in some cases will try to continue their opposition by other means. Kerry wailing about the international community does not respect us is gibberish. What he really is saying is that they dont love us. They respect the hell out of us, but of course, wont admit that. Some things are so obvious that they still have to be said.