I believed that Saddam probably had some banned weapons before the invasion, and I would not have objected to my government killing him and his sons, but I was still 100% against this war. Hopefully that clarifies my "liberal views" even further.
Nothing can change the fact that decisions made by my current government were not justified, legal, morally defensible or wise. The present state of Iraq was predictable and
predicted, by everyone but the Bush administration and their supporters.
I have a different standard as to how many dead and/or horribly wounded people is an acceptable expendeture to achieve a political goal; most people in the world believe that all-out war is only alright when all other options have been exhausted, and their immediate security is at stake. That is of course why this debacle was sold as such, if anyone was told the truth the support would have been nil. Now the truth is out, and large numbers of people believe that we need to support the President who invaded on false premises because we have troops on the ground, what a pile of horse*****.
Either support the troops or the administration, pick one.
