[RDangerfield]

Comments anyone?

[endthematrix]

"The comment by Douglas J. Feith, in an interview with The Associated Press, is a rare admission of error about Iraq by a senior administration official. Feith, who is leaving after four years as the undersecretary of defense for policy, said he remains convinced that President Bush was correct in deciding that war against Iraq was necessary. "

How a headline can easily be turned on end...even in the same sentence!

[anniegetyourgun]

I would agree with him that the WMD angle was overemphasized. It was one of many reasons to take it to Iraq.....which the majority of Congress agreed to. Bush didn't lie; creating a battlefield in Iraq has drawn out terrorists & planners to pick off; Iraq has been a distraction - but not to us, to AQ; and there is no denying that the dynamics in the ME have changed as a result.

Remember, the only alternative that has been offered by the Left comes from their favorite son, Michael Moore who has said: "There is no terrorist threat."

Uh huh.....tell it to Madrid....tell it to NYC.....tell it to London.....

[Sam Cree]

I always thought we went in to Iraq because:

(1)America will never be safe from terrorism until Islamist terror is eradicated. Islamist terror will use wmd's on us when they can.

(2)Since the home of Islamic terror is the Middle East, the eradication of Islamist terror requires remodeling the Middle East in terms of its nations' attitudes and alignments. As Saddam's regime was a huge threat to world peace, we might as well start there, as it would seem futile to work toward changing Middle Eastern attitudes while his brutal regime remained in place. Conversely, Iraq as a friendly country would have a hugely beneficial effect on world peace and terror.

(3)The wmd issue was brought forward mainly in an attempt to bring on board other European nations.

[maestro]

....this has NOTHING to do with the Pentagon,.....move on.....

/OFF....9-11?

[Jim Noble]

We did Iraq because after 9/11 someone's ass needed kicking and Saddam had been wagging his ass at us for a decade.

This rationale, expressed in better language, would have been much better.

The tortuous attempts to find WMD comes from the same idiots who write policies for our brave soldiers and marines defining "Koran abuse".

Our policy to the monsters behind 9/11 should have been simple and clear - "Don't tug on Superman's cape".

THAT Iraq policy would still command broad popular support.

[coconutt2000]

I always thought the press overdid the emphasis on the WMD factor. Whenever I read the transcripts and watched the speeches, WMD was only one of several reasons, all of them valid.

The press I felt latched onto the sexy WMD angle and didn't let it go, along with promoting the link between 9/11 and Saddam, which was not a reason for the invasion of Iraq cited or hinted by the Bush Administration.

[David Isaac]

Is there anyone who thinks that Saddam was given sufficient advance warning that an invasion was imminent, to bury or relocate the weapons in question?

[USNBandit]

How about the rationale that Saddam continually thumbed his nose at the cease fire agreement from 91.

[Huck]

Duh.