[Protagoras]

"For instance, that Saddam Hussein is an evil man who has brutalized his own people. "

Your comment;
This is a straw man argument. It is not why we're going to war. The reason the author brings it up is because it is so easy to knock down.

Are you saying that the administration has not used this as a reason? I think you need to watch more carefully. They have used it numerous times, it is easily discovered, they have used it all the time.

It may be easy to knock down, but it is not a strawman. I suggest you look that term up. It has to do with attributing postions to people which they do not hold. That is incorrect in this case.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

The key issue in the war on Iraq is any Al Qaeda linkage. We have three, at least:

1. Atta's meeting with the Iraqi official prior to 9/11.
2. Iraq's training of al Qaeda leadership in Iraq. There are plenty of articles on this just on FR.
3. Iraq's CURRENT harboring of al Qaeda refugees from Afghanistan. The President of the US said this. That's good enough for me.

Then there is the weaponized anthrax that was distributed last year. Its source is US, Russia, or Iraq. The government has not proclaimed its source yet. Which do you think is most likely? I think its sourceis Iraq, via al Qaeda, and I think this administration also thinks so.

The attempted assassination of President Bush is also a sufficient cause for war.

What more evidence do you want?

[PhiKapMom]

Beginning to think that people that posts something like this should have to list their political affiliation along with the article!

Your comments and this article are old Cold War rhetoric. If you and the author haven't figured out that Sadaam has all his biological weapons stored so inspectors would not find them not to mention he is out looking for more uranium for his nuclear bomb (doesn't have to be a huge one to do damage), then nothing we can say on here is going to make one bit of difference to you.

BTW, I rate this Article and your comments a "5"!