[iconoclast]

I think the reason for the pre-emptive attack on Iraq is rapidly becoming crystal clear. We needed a replacement for the bases in S.A that we have let Bin Ladin run us out of.

I don't necessarily disagree with this strategy. But, as an American, I resent being talked down to, lied to, and propagandized.

[WOSG]

you would be better off simply taking Bush's statements as the reasons, as THE reasons. There were several - terror links, WMDs, a dictatorshi that fostered the seeds of hate against us and brutalized his own people, etc. ... this (SA airbases) was not one of them.

You were not lied to on this matter ... unless you count Vanity Fair, the New YOrk Times, Robert Fisk, and The Gaurdian.