[Plutarch]

I haven't heard a peep out of the Democrats to this effect [about Iran being the bigger threat].

No, at the time according to Dems, it was North Korea that was the big threat. They knew we weren't going to do anything right away about North Korea, so they could wax hawkish about North Korea as an alternative to Iraq.

[bill1952]

so they could wax hawkish about North Korea

In liberaltrashspeak, that means sending two Jimmy Carters to NK and sending them twice as much money.

No, I'm not kidding.