For as long as the republicans continue to be on the defensive about the issue rather than go on the offensive. The Bush White House also continues to give the left the ammo.
I would have thought twice about sending in ground forces if we knew for sure that Saddam had WMD. It was NOT the main purpose for going to Iraq. The WMD issue only helped us determine WHEN we should go into Iraq to take care of Saddam's terrorist ativities against Israel, his connections to Al Qaeda and his refusal to abide by the cease-fire agreement.
We decided it was better to go in now (sooner rather than later) and NOT wait for Saddam to have WMD and be able to use them to blackmail the world. Pre-Iraq War Bush once said that if we allowed Saddam to continue his plans of having WMD he could very well change the geo-politics of the region.
We did NOT go to Iraq because of WMD. The WMD issue was to determine that we should go sooner NOT later.
So, who is at fault? The democrats for lying? Or the Bush White House for dropping the ball and actually going on the "defensive" and quoting past democrats on WMD instead of insisting that Saddam's connection to terrorists, his terrorist activities and his failure to abide by the cease-fire agreement were the reasons we went to Iraq.
How can we defend the WH when it does not defend itself?
I agree
I left out this point...... We on the right need to defend the POTUS against the likes of these radical leftists who would defend Saddam before defending the USA
This IS Rumsfield and Bush's job, he supposed to defend his position but he is doing a dam poor job at it.
Personally I think he should be fired for that reason alone.
It also helped determine the tactics. Part of the reason we adapted a fast-moving attack was to deny the opportunity to deploy, and to cause the collapse of their military/command-and-control before the stuff could be pulled out and launched at us where we were.