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There was abundant evidence of contacts between Saddam's regime and al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.

Needs to be repeated, often.

[Kaslin]

Indeed it does

[kindred]

[There was abundant evidence of contacts between Saddam’s regime and al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.]

Barone has got it right, Bush failed not because he went to war with Iraq, but because of the way he let the liberal left, allies of all fascist regimes worldwide, control him and he said nothing while the left turned lies into truths that more than half of America now believes.
Bush was a fool because he did not do what a good conservative would do, Fight all enemies of America both forign and DOMESTIC.
He failed when he could have succeeded and that is a shame, you can not be a conservative and make deals with the liars and fools and neo nazi left wing fascists that destroy everything they touch.