When war is thrust upon us, we cannot afford the luxury of insisting on a foolproof exit plan. We do have a clear objective, removing Saddam and his weapons of mass destruction as a threat to the USA. We can never seal our borders, and we cannot ever make America safe by defensive means alone. We must take the war to the enemy. Despite your skepticism there is ample evidence of Saddam's co-operation with Al Qaeda and many other terrorist groups. The Saudi government may give ideological support to terrorists, and some individual Saudis provide funding, but Saddam actively shelters trains and arms them. This is well documented to any who are willing to be conviced. As for whether you son will be based there 20 years from now, some parent could have asked in 1942 if his son would be based in Japan or Germany 20 years later. The answer might well be yes, but not in the way you mean it. I think Bush was quite clear when he said that any country that arms, supports or shelters terrorists will be treated as a terrorist. He also predicted some people would get tired and begin to question the need to wage the difficult, world wide war needed to prevail against them. Your post proves him correct.
Absolutely. I knew we could never keep the support for the WoT going strong for long...but I'm amazed at how quickly the worm turned. Truly.