iconoclast, that's just silly. This thread started with Cindy Sheehan's comments about Israel. Which is the reason we're discussing Israel.
Mrs. Sheehan is steaming because she thinks we are in Iraq because of Israel.
I agree that that is one of at least three reasons we are there, none of which is the invasion of Manhattan.
Don't bother to give me the beltway blather on why we chose secularist Iraq over the Jihadists, pop.