[endthematrix]

"There is a reason for the US invasion of Iraq, just as the Left suspects -- but it's not what they think. And it's not a secret, but a strategy President Bush has spelled out many times. Since the media turns a blind eye to our strategic reasoning, it still bears repeating: Our forces overthrew Saddam in part to create a killing field to draw terrorists."

I have to disagree. It wasn't the case for invasion. This line of exalting the Iraqi invasion as a "Grand Statergery" fits now of to counter opposition, of course.

"The Axis Powers came within half a decade of developing nukes, and they had also cruise missiles and long-range bombers."

Now that's the meat. Iraq was a closed society with intentions to dominate the region/US with nuclear weapons. That alone justifies US preemptive war.

[Thrownatbirth]

This line of exalting the Iraqi invasion as a "Grand Statergery" fits now of to counter opposition, of course.

The Iraqi "no-pest strip" scenario was another argument in favor of the invasion back in 2002. Bush made it official early on in July 2003 with his "Bring them on" speech which naturally brought howls from the Left.

[rickdylan]

You don’t need esoteric reasons to invade Iraq. Hussein and Iraq were provably behind the anthrax attacks which followed 9/11.