[Yardstick]

Well, the WMD threat wasn't so much from Iraq itself but in the possibility of cross pollination with the al Qaeda types who would be the delivery system for the Iraqi WMDs. And if you read Douglas Feith's book War and Decision it becomes clear that the real underlying motivation was to take the war to al Qaeda somewhere "over there" so that the front line against them was in the ME rather than in the United States. The administration was worried that more terror strikes within the US would necessitate internal security measures that would heavily infringe civil liberties and fundamentally transform our society in a bad way. Which is ironic since the left went bananas smearing Bush with the narrative that he wanted to scare the public into accepting a police state. Obviously we got the Patriot Act but in hindsight it has been pretty mild and probably pretty effective, and it would have been a lot worse had there been more attacks. Judged by the criterion of whether the Iraq invasion tied up al Qaeda's energies in a place that was safely away from the American homeland, you'd have to say it worked. But of course there are other criteria to judge it by.

[iopscusa]

You cannot actually be saying that the Bush Administration was worried about Civil Liberties in the US???
GWB after campaigning as a non-interventionist proceeded to lay a foundation for a Police State after 911, a short list:
1) tried to block investigation of 911, NO ONE FIRED!
2) released all of bin Laden’s family in US+ Saudi ass kissing.
3) created Dept of Homeland Security, left border wide open
4) destroyed housing market and thus the economy with the stupidity of a house for everyone.
5) No Child left Behind, Senior Drug benefits...
6) Trillions in deficit spending
7) Bailouts and other Destroy the Free Market crap
8) Opened the door for a quasi-muslim to gain the WH.

I did vote for the scumbag 2x’s but I now consider him as one of the worse Presidents. I also think he should be held responsible for the above by any honest Conservative!

[iopscusa]

You cannot actually be saying that the Bush Administration was worried about Civil Liberties in the US???
GWB after campaigning as a non-interventionist proceeded to lay a foundation for a Police State after 911, a short list:
1) tried to block investigation of 911, NO ONE FIRED!
2) released all of bin Laden’s family in US+ Saudi ass kissing.
3) created Dept of Homeland Security, left border wide open
4) destroyed housing market and thus the economy with the stupidity of a house for everyone.
5) No Child left Behind, Senior Drug benefits...
6) Trillions in deficit spending
7) Bailouts and other Destroy the Free Market crap
8) Opened the door for a quasi-muslim to gain the WH.

I did vote for the scumbag 2x’s but I now consider him as one of the worse Presidents. I also think he should be held responsible for the above by any honest Conservative!