[Cacophonous]

Well, those of thus that opposed this whole thing for reasons other than WMD (I never doubted Saddam had them, just never considered him a threat; now I'm not even sure he had them anyway), are still trying to get an answer to the following:

Why DID we invade?

[Howlin]

You do realize, don't you, that this war hasn't even lasted as long as the NCAA playoffs?

Try waiting a little while. They are there.

[mountaineer]

Because Iraq violated the terms and conditions of the 1991 ceasefire and, thus, "reopened" that war.

[Twinkie]

To free the 153 children from the prison they had been in
for 5 years.

[kaktuskid]

What are those biotrailers for??making fudge???

[babaloo999]

I like to think of it as a situation where there is a gang of punks(Middle East) who are terrorizing a group of people.

We went to the biggest, baddest(allegedly) one, and, WHAM.
Beat the living crap out of him, and then some.
One then looks at the rest and screams, "you want some of this?!!!"

Makes as much sense as anything else. I really don't know what the fuss is about. We most assuredly did the world a favor, although we don't seem to be very consistent about these things, sometimes.

[cwb]

"Why did we invade?"

To send a message. We know were you are and we will take you out. For over 30 years we've fought with our gloves on, treating terrorism as a trivial inconvenience. Since 9/11, those days are gone. Regardless of WMDs, something has to be done with the radicals in the Mid-East. Iraq presented the perfect oppurtunity to begin this phase...along with Afghanistan. And now the literal "squeeze" is on Iran. That's not saying that Saddam didn't have WMD's: we know he did and even the UN acknowledged this.

Instead of liberals celebrating the absence of these weapons, they should be concerned about were they are? But they can't do that because they're more interested in making Bush look bad. Even if we assume Saddam destroyed them, were's the residue? According to experts, these types of weapons (especially Sarin and Mustard) leave residual traces in the soil for years. And yet Saddam wouldn't even provide evidence of their destruction.

Two confirmed Bio-labs roaming the countryside...away from inspectors, may seem irrelevant to some, but to me, it's a little suspicious. And even if they're clean, why weren't they reported to the UN inspectors. And this does't even include the Al Somud and SCUDs missiles that were found and previously banned. An absence of evidence shouldn't be attributed to an absence of guilt. The burden of proof was on Saddam to prove he didn't have...or destroyed, his WMDs. And he didn't do that.

[weegee]

Saddam had WMD at some point. Do you think he disarmed?