re: #355 Daniel Ballard
So we should note there were more than a few democrats in there. Besides it was obviously the right policy. Saddams actions made that much necessary.
Invading Iraq was not inevitable. We already had him contained after years of no-fly zones and sanctions. I don’t buy that we had no other choice, especially after the relentless propaganda from the Bush administration.
Even back during the first Gulf War the same GOP hawks that demanded war then outright said that invasion would be a bad idea because of the nightmare of stabilizing Iraq afterwards. Then they turned around and ignored their own advice.
Solving Dubya’s daddy issues with our military was not inevitable.