[George W. Bush]

On the question of preemption, that's what you're addressing I believe...

I was. Specifically, preemptive attack against any regime posing a credible and imminent threat of attack.

The purpose of that list of questions was to raise questions about invading Iraq. And Iraq did not pose a credible threat of attack, certainly not an imminent one.

I think the distinction is clear. Ron Paul voted against the invasion and regime change in Iraq because it did not pose such a threat. Subsequently, he was proven correct about the absence of al-Qaeda in Iraq prior to our invasion or Iraq's possession of WMD stockpiles and weapons to deliver them anywhere in the region.

[SJackson]

The purpose of that list of questions was to raise questions about invading Iraq. And Iraq did not pose a credible threat of attack, certainly not an imminent one....I think the distinction is clear. Ron Paul voted against the invasion and regime change in Iraq because it did not pose such a threat. Subsequently, he was proven correct about the absence of al-Qaeda in Iraq prior to our invasion or Iraq's possession of WMD stockpiles and weapons to deliver them anywhere in the region.

A big DUHHHHHHHHHH

That means Ron Paul was opposed to the war in Iraq.

He was in fact right about the absence of al Qaida in Iraq.

Out effenstanding!!!

Of course no one claimed al Qaida was present in Iraq, or claimed their presence as a reason to invade, but no matter.

He was correct about the lack of WMDs. IMO Powell is correct that they would have been there in spades had we not invaded an sanctions lifted.

But no matter.

Ron opposed the war, perhaps history will prove hiim right, but that's a simple fact.