[MNJohnnie]

In fact, the first – and last – rationale presented for the war by the Bush administration in every formal government statement about the war was not the destruction of WMDs but the removal of Saddam Hussein, or regime change.

A fact the willfully ignorant on the Political Left have ignored so they can demagouge on the issue

[Just another Joe]

We went into Iraq for both strategic and tactical reasons.

The thing that we didn't think about is that there have been regional conflicts in this land for centuries that Sadham kept buried through the use of force.
What we did not anticipate was that these regional conflicts would break free in such a short time, and we didn't have a government ready to go that would put them down in a hurry.

We are there, we should not be leaving until there is a workable solution to this, and if we do leave we will be leaving a larger, and more dangerous, vacuum than when Sadham was in power.

[txradioguy]

OUTSTANDING!!!

[rbosque]

My son is returning from Iraq on the 2nd of July. My oldest came back last year. I will always pray for the rest that are still carrying on their mission.

[colorado tanker]

WMD and treaty violations were never the most important reason to me. Terror is used by islamofascist regimes and movements, the strongest and most incorrigible of which at the time was Saddam's. We must take down the states who use and support terror to deprive groups like AQ of their oxygen.

The treaty violations made the war perfectly legal under international law, IMHO, but were never the most important reason to go to war, or, rather fight back, since the islamofascists have been at war with us for decades.

[MNJohnnie]

You two military intellectuals will love this article.

[cliff630]

Thanks for posting this. But for,

the willfully ignorant, it is an exercise in
futility. Why? Because, in my opinion, I would
estimate the percentage of the illiterates in Dum
party is much, much higher than our Rep Party.

I would love to see a poll which breaks down illiteracy
by party.

[lepton]

Does someone have a list of the 23 whereases handy?

[Allegra]

Thanks for the ping, FRiend!

This is a great article and will be shared with co-workers, military and civilain alike, tomorrow.

[VOA]

“Why We Went to War in Iraq”

Partly because Bill Clinton and some his appointees (e.g., Kenneth Pollack, sp?)
gave out lots of reasons why we should.

[Jackknife]

Bump for weekend reading ....

[hosepipe]

[.. Why We Went to War in Iraq ..]

Answer: So America would take its eyes OFF the Mexican Border.. and hamstring efforts to stop the Drug Mules from the mexican government(aka: Mexican Drug Cartels)