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Christian,
The key is the supposed link between 9/11 and Saddam - now widely proven bogus (if you don't listen to Bush/Cheney). GW and friends never had any conclusive proof of WMDs, only speculation and suspicion. But that was apparently good enough for them.
If you were in charge, would you risk the life of American soldiers, commit resources and credibility with the world and attack a sovereign country based merely on a hunch and suspect intelligence reports? That's what happened.
Blessed with hindsight, I think a wiser person would have concentrated on the perps who were responsible for 9/11 while still maintaining an eye on the axis. If I were Bush, I might have asked my father for advice which he apparently never did or admitted to. Seems reasonable to me. I might have followed the suggestions of veteran Gulf war commanders like Powell and others with more experience in waging war. I might have listened to State Dept. officials about post-war responsibilities to win the peace and preserve infrastructure instead of concentrating so much on the front end. And I might have learned something from this experience instead of rationalizing why we attacked in the first place. And you suggest we repeat this scenario with Iran and South Korea?
Obsessing over the past is only important in that we don't repeat the same errors in judgement or re-elect the same leaders who would, given the chance, continue their ethnocentric view of world order.
Sherwood
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