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"The graves didn't prove anyone wrong. Nobody (not even the craziest liberal) claimed that Saddam was anything other than a brutal dicator. There are plenty of such graves in the world (in Zimbabee, etc) but that doesn't mean that we should go to war."

When our "nation Interests" are at stake..... or our "national Security", we go to war. Zimbabwee and the Congo threaten neither. Besides, the UN took the "lead" there, and NOW they are calling for more MILITARY strength and power to use to control things. I don't think the Congo or Zim had 17 UN resolutions that they've ignored either. We'll deal with what threatens are way of life...... 21st century civiliation, not 7th century, as the clerics in Iran want. Nuclear capability there is not a good thing.... nor is it in North Korea. Want to just wait til the rouge states use them on the USA before acting? I don't.

You obviously disagree with folks in the Bush admininistration who, because of their failure to find WMD and serious Al Qaeda links, have now deemphasized the "natioanal defense" rationale in favor of the "war for liberation against evil" theory. Get with the new official party line!

More seriously, I agree with you in one sense. National defense against attack of imminent attack should be the focus of American foreign policy. The Afghan war was such a war and thus was entirely justified. Iraq war was merely a ploy to create a "counterweight" to Saudi Arabia and take the pressure off Israeal. WMD appears to have been just a tactic (and an effective one) to scare hysterical conservatives, who were so sensible on Kosovo, into line.