Originally posted by Ned
What is the issue here? Whether Bush lied or whether the reason for the war was the imminence of the threat?
What is the issue here? Whether Bush lied or whether the reason for the war was the imminence of the threat?
Iraq wasn't an imminent threat... even IF they had WMD's... the fact that there are none and that they were most likely all destroyed in 1991 only further hurts the credibility of Bush and the American intelligence community. Even though the Clinton admin believed the same information, Clinton didn't hype the threat or take the country to war.
I've noticed the Repukes are also harping the "but Clinton did this" excuse on the issue of the Defense of Marriage. Big Deal... so Clinton said "this or that". It doesn't change the fact that the war was wrong, and a gross misallocation of military and government resources. The War on Terror is being hurt by the effort in Iraq... AND domestic security is being hurt by the war in Iraq.
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