Not at all, Mark. Welcome to the party. Better late than never. Eventually people are going to have to come around and see the reality of the advancement of Iraq. Mark is early on that trend.
Going to war still sent so many terrible messages to the world.
But he still clings to this old nugget. The message we sent is that corrupt dictators cannot thumb their noses at the Civilized World and support terrorists, and that there will be consequences to lawless behaviour. Why is this a terrible message to send?
As opposed to the message we sent in the Clinton admin: Bomb us at will, attack our military assets abroad, weaken our credibility worldwide, and our response will be, MAYBE, a few dozen cruise missiles lobbed at one of your abandoned terrorist camps.
The message we sent is that corrupt dictators cannot thumb their noses at the Civilized World and support terrorists, and that there will be consequences to lawless behaviour. Why is this a terrible message to send?