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The war was necessary. The WMD excuse was meaningless. The war had to be fought because Iraq violated the ceasefire they signed in back in the George the Elder administration. The U.S. can’t allow defeated nations to violate ceasefire agreements and get away with it.

President Bush was stuck. He had to go back into Iraq, but to point out that it was because of the ceasefire violations would have made it clear that his father blew it by not finishing the job when Iraq first violated the ceasefire. It would remind people that his father was a failed president.

Nor could he mention that Clinton failed to do anything about the violations for 8 years, because the Democrats would have blistered his father for failing to act while he was still in office. They would have said he was blaming Clinton for his father's mess.

Bush took a chance that Iraq still had WMDs and used that as his excuse. It was a good political move and is still holding up. Bush keeps lowering the bar and the public isn’t even noticing it.

The war is Bush’s greatest accomplishment. Now, we have to see how he does with the occupation and nation building. It’s too early to tell how that will work out.

The U.S. can’t allow defeated nations to violate ceasefire agreements and get away with it.

I guess if you give a damn about what happens half way accross the world. I don't really care.

You are wrong! Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction -even Hans Blix said so! There is no evidence to support the claim by the Iraqi scientists that the weapons were destroyed. The weapons didn't just evaporate into thin air. Those weapons went somewhere. Let's just hope that those weapons don't turn up in another 9/11 style attack! The war in Iraq was completely justified -period!