[PISANO]

I am still amazed by the FAILURE of our entire Government (especially Republicans) to MISS TELLING the TWO MAIN REASONS for the invasion of IRAQ.

The aftermath of 911 made the CONNECTION OF DOTS paramount in our intelligence gathering. Anyone with the IQ of a head of cabbage can see the DOTS involved with Saddam, his WMD and the "CHANCE" of some of them ending up in a TERRORISTS hands. To "IGNORE" these dots would have been an IMPEACHABLE offense IMHO, had GW refused to connect them.

Secondly, IRAQ agreed to ARTICLES of SURRENDER and VIOLATED those UNCONDITIONAL articles REPEATEDLY and for more than 12 years. We did NOT preemptively attack IRAQ in Mar of 2003 we ONLY RESUMED HOSTILITIES from the first Gulf War.

Neither of these TWO reasons are ever MENTIONED and I can NOT understand WHY!! Both are very reasonable and easy to explain.

[eyespysomething]

Anyone with the IQ of a head of cabbage can see

Well that eliminates most of the dims!

[Prost1]

Excellent. But I thought this was supposed to be a secret. :-)

[beckaz]

Amen to that, CHANCE is the key word.

Argument not made (enough) by our side:

EVEN say Saddam did NOT have WMD's. Leaving him alone after 17 UN resolutions, it would have been a matter of time before resumption of WMD development. After that, a 10% (fill in your own number)CHANCE of Saddam giving weapons to Al-Q, would have meant 10% chance of casualties in the thousands here in the US (and elsewhere).

Unacceptable for any (responsible) US Prez, and reason enough to go after Saddam. A lot of these arguments have to be made looking forward, not backward.

[POA2]

I am still amazed by the FAILURE of our entire Government (especially Republicans) to MISS TELLING the TWO MAIN REASONS for the invasion of IRAQ. The aftermath of 911 made the CONNECTION OF DOTS paramount in our intelligence gathering. Anyone with the IQ of a head of cabbage can see the DOTS involved with Saddam, his WMD and the "CHANCE" of some of them ending up in a TERRORISTS hands. To "IGNORE" these dots would have been an IMPEACHABLE offense IMHO, had GW refused to connect them. Secondly, IRAQ agreed to ARTICLES of SURRENDER and VIOLATED those UNCONDITIONAL articles REPEATEDLY and for more than 12 years. We did NOT preemptively attack IRAQ in Mar of 2003 we ONLY RESUMED HOSTILITIES from the first Gulf War. Neither of these TWO reasons are ever MENTIONED and I can NOT understand WHY!! Both are very reasonable and easy to explain.

You are exactly, 100% right!! - But why doesn't the GWB reelection team say this - WHO KNOW's!! - other then they have been inept since OCT 2003 -

HOW are we in the 3rd straight year of growth - We have an economy growing at rates not seen in over 20 years by many economic indicators....We have grown every economic Qtr since the 3rd Qtr of 2001 .....YET we have lost the premise on the economy...and now with 80 days before an election we are trying to "sell" the American public that the economy really is getting better and isn't that bad!!-

The reelection team of GWB has been a joke - on both issues of Iraq and the economy!!- Period.

How did the GWB reelection team allow themselves to be put into position where the DEM 527's will outspend us by over $150 million!! (ineptness!)