[The Duke]

Freedom and the rule of law are the reason America is great.

Hopefully this statement is not correct, as we kinda threw that whole "rule of law" thing into the trash bin when we invaded Iraq and replaced it with "the rule of the law of the jungle" (aka "hit them before they hit us").

[roderick]

Hopefully this statement is not correct, as we kinda threw that whole "rule of law" thing into the trash bin when we invaded Iraq and replaced it with "the rule of the law of the jungle" (aka "hit them before they hit us").

Baloney. Until just recently a country had to have an incredibly large industrial base to attack, let alone defeat the US. Build, man and support a Navy; man, train, equip and transport an army, that sort of thing.

Now, some tinpot dictator with a valuable commodity under his feet can simply buy WMD and with relative ease release a devastating attack on the US. This is unsat.

We are doing the right thing for the US and western civilization.

[Robert DeLong]

You mistakenly believe they did not hit us first. The only problem with this war is that Congress did not have the guts to declare war and instead opted for a resolution. As much as I would have preferred a declaration I'll take the resolution because Saddam had to go.

[attiladhun2]

You are absolutely incorrect. We had the backing of numerous UN resolutions, plus the Iraqis violated the 1991 ceasefire. You sound like a typically ill informed Democrat.