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"While people heap accolades on Karl Rove, I thought the GOP ran a terrible campaign against Kerry>"

I agree...They rarely fight to get the truth out there and the Dems project 24/7 until the spin becomes fact. They even allowed the dems to steal the moral authority on the war in Iraq.

A few more examples: "Taxcut for the Rich", "Bush Lied" , Bush stole the election", The current Gasoline situation, 700 flight hours in mishap prone F-102's and he can't even claim to be a veteran!!! Increasing VA funding 50% but yet he doesn't take care of veterans!

The milquetoast bunker mentality isn't working. The Dem's were jumping all over themselves to be the first ones voting to send the troops into Iraq and have since undermined them 24/7 for political purposes, yet they aren't taken to the woodshed on this?!!!

Good examples. Another one: Why couldn't the WH and the GOP do a better job of defending our taking down Saddam than they have? How could any sane person advocate keeping Saddam in power after 9/11? Iraq was on the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism for over a decade; they had been supporting the families of Palestinian suicide bombers; there was an Iraqi connection to WTC I; they harbored known terrorists such as Abu Nidal and provided training grounds; they tried to assassinate Bush 41; they used WMD against the Iranians and the Kurds; they invaded two of their neighbors; they failed to account for their WMD to the UN despite 16 resolutions and they played games of deception with the UN inspectors; and there were known contacts between AQ and Iraqi intelligence.

The US was already committing resources enforcing the no-fly zones for a decade (costing billions annually to maintain), including bombing Iraq almost daily and putting our pilots at risk. Containment doesn't work in the WOT, especially if Saddam could use surrogates like AQ to carry out his attacks. I would ask the critics of the Iraq war to explain what the world would be like today if Saddam were still in power. The Oil for Food program would still be going on providing funding for Saddam to build or buy WMD from places like North Korea and Pakistan. Payoffs would still be made to the French and Russians who would assist Saddam in evading the sanctions. Tens of thousands of Iraqis would be killed under Saddam's repressive regime, which would be perpetuated through his sons. Money and other support would be going to AQ. One only has to read Bin Laden's 1996 and 1998 fatwahs to understand UBL's support of Iraq against the US and its allies.

Iraq was and is part of the WOT. The WH and the GOP need to do a better job of connecting the dots and changing the frame of reference.