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Army War College article says invasion of Iraq was 'strategic error' A report published by the Army War College calls the Bush administration's war on terrorism unfocused and says the invasion of Iraq was "a strategic error." The research paper by Jeffrey Record, a professor at the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, said the president's strategy "promises much more than it can deliver" and threatens to spread U.S. military resources too thin. Record also wrote that Saddam Hussein's Iraq did not present a threat to the United States and was a distraction from the war...

just got back from a support our troops rally at VFW post in Cedar Grove NJ. Got short notice about it, so could not post earlier. Well attended, filling a large parking lot. They had families of a number of servicepeople in Iraq and thanked them. Lots of singing, flag waving, good to see. We got called because the VFW asked us to show up with our Boy Scout troop's colors. Besides supporting our troops, since veterans' group always show up to present certificates in person at our Eagle scout courts of honor, we were glad to. Lots of people...

Disarming Iraq As much as the feuding members of the United Nations Security Council might like Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei to settle the question of war or peace with Iraq, these two mild-mannered civil servants can't make that fateful judgment. All they can do, which they did again yesterday, is to tell the Council how their inspection efforts are faring. So-so was the answer. It's up to the Council members — especially the veto-wielding quintet of the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China — to decide whether Iraq is disarming. In our judgment, Iraq is not. The only...

can one purchase from here or the national archives the bill of impeachment all nice and official. I have a copy of the Nixon resignation letter framed that I bought from the national archives. The Clinton impeachment bill would look very nice next to it.