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When this mess started 9/11 was the central issue and was supposed to be the central issue. Somewhere it's been lost. I keep hearing "but" arguments. But Saddam was a tyrant. But kid kids were perverted sadists. But...but...but... That was not what this was supposed to be about.

9/11 was and is about preventing terrorists from destroying us. Terrorists cannot effectively operate without state sponsorship. As a result, the focuse of our war on terrorism has been to go after the state sponsors of terror. First on the list was the Taliban in Afghanistan. Second on the list was Hussein. Third on the list is either going to be Iran or North Korea. This is pretty simple stuff and the only people I see trying to complicate the matter are liberals who apparently have a death wish.

Because we have yet to find WMD in Iraq you have come to the conclusion that the war in Iraq was not about 9/11. Saddam was more than just a tyrant. He was the thorn that continued to poke at the US and make us look like a paper tiger. The 9/11 terrorists just poked a little harder and awoke the tiger.

Saddam was given many opportunities to come clean. Instead he chose to continue to play the game, obstructing the inspections and hiding the weapons. He had chemical and bio weapons and used them before. Some were found in the original inspections after the Gulf War. Clinton and the Democrats certainly thought he still had them in 1998.

Why would he get rid of everything yet continue to allow the sanctions? Should we have continued to play the paper tiger with Saddam? Is the US more vulnerable as the paper tiger or as the superpower that is not afraid to take on a tyrannical supporter of terrorism?