[rwilson99]

I saw the Meet the Press quote on NBC after the debate.

VP Cheney mentioned that Iraq was in the middle of the area of the world where our terrorists come from.

Last time I checked Iraq was in the Middle East. The Middle East is where most terrorists come from.

The Cheney said Iraq did 9-11... is garbage.

It was nice seeing the Swift Boat ad playing in the background during the wrapup talk with Wonkette though.

[LisaFab]

Thanks for clearing that up. I knew that if Cheney really ever had made a 9/11-Iraq claim the MSM (and Edwards/Kerry) would have been all over it like white on rice.

To call the presence of Ron Reagan on MSNBC or in any political commentary venue sad would undermine the definition of that word. Ditto pathetic.

[WOSG]

"I saw the Meet the Press quote on NBC after the debate. VP Cheney mentioned that Iraq was in the middle of the area of the world where our terrorists come from. Last time I checked Iraq was in the Middle East. The Middle East is where most terrorists come from. The Cheney said Iraq did 9-11... is garbage. "

Right ... I saw that. Cheney said THE TRUTH. This was no contradiction. What Cheney implied though was winning in Iraq struck a blow against terrorism. What Cheney and Bush have failed to do is draw a distinction that says:

"LOOK, you keep talking about connections to 9/11 ... 9/11 was a terrible and horrific attack. But it is not the only terrorist attack. we were attacked in 1996 Khobar towers, Cole, Embassy bombing, Achille Lauro, and since 911 we've had Madrid, Bali, Istanbul, Beslan ... We declared war - not on Al Qaeda, not on the 9/11 hisjacker, but on the WHOLE GLOBAL TERRORIST THREAT. And to attack that threat, rip it up, and remove it, you have to go after those rogue regimes, like Saddam Hussein's that aided, trained, sponsored, and harbored those global terrorists. Saddam Hussein did those things.

And that is just ONE good reason why removing him from power was the right thing to do.