It wouldn't have surprised me if, post 9/11/, a Democratic president would have felt the same urgency to finish up the sanctions and get boots on the ground in the MidEast, the better to make the next move.
But they didn't end up with the Presidency, and Bush seems fairly alive to security needs, and so carping seems harmless enough, even for those who should know better.
Oh, sure. They knew Saddam committed many murders and they knew he had WMD. I'm not saying they didn't. I'm saying that they don't care.
It's a Republican President. I believe that therein lies the rub.
Be Seeing You,
Chris