[RHINO369]

I think we probably made a mistake going to Iraq first Iran is much more of a threat, but then again they were easier to beat that Iran would be, plus the public was comfortable fighting Iraq because we beat them so decisively in the First Gulf War. Plus now we have Iran surrounded.

I'm not a fan of Bush, because I think hes way too liberal, but on national security hes doing a fairly good job, and 10X better than any democrat would. Several things are obvious

1) Saddam had the ability to make WMD
2) Saddam had made WMD and had used it before
3) He kicked out inspectors for a reason
4) Saddam had a modest supply of WMD
5) Somewhere between when Bush started putting pressure on Saddam and when the invasion force took the country the weapons went somewhere.
6) Bush didn't lie because why would you lie about something then go set out to prove your own lie false.

So we need to find out what happened to the large stockpiles of chemical weapons. Were they destroyed or did they go to Syria. If they are in Syria we better give them a 30 day warning to give them back or they get shocked and awed just like Iraq did.

[pcottraux]

but then again they were easier to beat that Iran would be...

Good point. I tend to think that if we went into Iran like we did with Iraq, we would face an "Iranian insurgency" that would make the Iraqi insurgency right now look like toy army men.