It is not costing any lives to call a spade a spade, OG.

I don't have any reliable data on the points you raise, merely about as much noise in one direction as you have in another. The idea that the absence of a lawsuit is a proof of truth is pretty watery, IMHO.

The idea that Bush had to start the war in Iraq because Clinton failed to do so is palpably ridiculous. This is not an extension of Gulf War 1 -- whose whole goal was to restore self-determination to Kuwait. There was no invasion, no assault that precipitated this one.

There were no WMD and your imaginary terrorists were not in evidence. A lot of them have come to Iraq since the war begun, though, called to arms by the violence. By being in Iraq, US troops have provided them with a perfect excuse -- nay, an explicit invitation to "bring them on" -- one of the syupidest diplomatic phrases ever uttered. And we are paying theprice for that stupidity.
From our own families, a thousand sons and daughters snuffed because of that stupidity.

It is hard to step up to the fact that one has been terribly, seriously wrong, but if Bush is half the man his admirers think he is, it is time for him to do so. But it won't happen, I expect.

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