Why won't anyone in the media state the obvious - Saddam picked a bad time to *** BLUFF *** the west. He wanted us desperately to believe that he was a serious threat. It worked, since our guys had to where the moon suits on the way in. Oh, and by the way - the war was completely justified on the basis of breaches in the 91 war ceasefire.
Read the jailhouse interviews with Saddam, he wasn't bluffing us, he was bluffing Iran. He thought we really knew that he didn't have anything and that his government had been infiltrated by the U.S. His mistake was in overestimating the capabilities of the CIA. Funny, someone else made that mistake recently. :-)
Given the evidence at the time, it was very clear that Saddam was a threat.
Bush would have been wrong to not act.
Saddam was making a mockery of the U.N. and it was clear that the U.N. were not going to do anything about it (11 years, 17 resolutions). Saddam was also supporting the families of terrorists who attacked Israel. And some in the U.N. were making money from the Oil for Food program, too.
We had just been hit by terrorists and the 911 attack was very small when compared to what it could have been and might yet be.
We can no longer wait until someone attacks us. The first attack might be the complete descruction of a city and millions of Americans dead. Yes, then the Dems will be happy that the war is justified. However, at the expense of millions of lives?
Of course, they would blame Bush for not acting sooner (just like they tried to do during the 911 investigations).
Don't you remember when we were all making fun of Blix, you remember We called him Inspector Cleuseau? Remember we told Blix we (the US government) knew where the weapons were. And Blix said fine if you know, then tell me where to go so I can find them. Suddenly, we started doing a shuck and jive as to why we wouldn't and couldn't direct him to the known sites. IT was at that point I knew something was wrong with our stance on WMDS