[nicmarlo]

While I agree with your comments about the need for patience, I disagree with your points regarding President rushing in and his bias being his motivation.

1. There were years and years worth of UN violations committed by Saddam.

2. There was intel, from the world over, that Saddam was leading up to using chemical weapons. He'd already used them on his own people. Just because we haven't found an "arsenal" that the intel said would be there (given by anti-Bush CIA)...doesn't mean there may not be WMD hidden in Syria, or that Saddam wasn't intent on making some in the future. Remember also, Saddam's scientists were afraid to talk....in fear of their lives.

3. The President's motivation had to do with 9/11, OBL, and links to terrorist activity within Iraq (I remember Rush Limbaugh showing airplanes in Iraq, which, according to the documents I read, showed that these planes, in the middle of nowhere, were being used as terrorist training, at a terrorist training camp).

[aligncare]

I was a little slow on my post but made similar points...I think only the libs are too blinded by political ambition to see the threat posed by world wide Islamofascism.

[ADemocratNoMore]

> The President's motivation had to do with 9/11, OBL, and links to terrorist activity within Iraq (I remember Rush Limbaugh showing airplanes in Iraq, which, according to the documents I read, showed that these planes, in the middle of nowhere, were being used as terrorist training, at a terrorist training camp).

Google "Salmon Pak". See also http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/378fmxyz.asp

[Kuehn12]

Please do bring the cool-aid, I am not drinking it. Maybe in a galaxy far far far away will we find those weapons of mass destruction, but not in the sands of Iraq. I was in the military during the buildup to the war, and it so naive to believe anything could have stop our march to war,oh, short of Saddam putting a bullet in his brain. There was various levels, including advanced planing, in the works before the UN or Congress approved the invasion. The psychological and informational warfare started years before. So, don't tell me anything could have stopped that war, you would be the original cool-aid drinker if you did. BUT AGAIN, IT IS A MOOT POINT NOW, WE HAVE TO WIN THIS THING NOW.