[Sgt_Tropo]

The war with Iraq was NOT a con-job, just simply long overdue. everyone agrees that Saddam was murdering his people by the hundreds and thousands for many years. The WMD used was Saddam's word to his henchmen. Yes, we know Saddam had SCUD missles and yes, even the UN inspectors found evidence of developed warheads for carrying various nerve agents. Our men HAVE found several sites where these agents were being developed. I guess we're just lucky that these agents weren't deployed and used against us. Nuclear weapons ? No, we haven't found any - luckily ! If Saddam had posessed these he most assuredly would have used them.
We all know what happened in Rwanda, with an estimated 3 million killed. Why didn't we go in there ? Because Clinton, Reagan and the elder Bush were convinced that the UN would act. Of course, this would have been the first time in history for such to happen, but we, the USA, held back, waiting and waiting for the "mighty UN" to act and save the people of Rwanda and other countries. Unfortunately, the UN never even reached a concensus on the simple matter of censoring these countries, let alone acting to protect their citizens.
President George W. Bush also tried to play" within the guidelines of the UN, but to no avail. The mighty UN was too busy posturing and making a cool 2.8 Billion dollars off of the "Oil-for-Food" program they pushed off on the world, along with France's help. BTW - France pocketed an estimated $6 Billion dollars on this, according to written documents found in Iraq just within the last couple of months. Where did this get reported to the public ? On the back pages of only a few of the "major" newspapers, like the Wall Street Journal. Why not on the front pages ? Because the UN was whinning about how badly the US has been treating them. Hence, the majority of the liberal press papers simply refused to print the story.

We went to war to stop a mad-man and we have succeeded. Even the one-time supporters of Saddam are now calling on the rebel forces to lay down their arms and co-operate in the rebuilding of Iraq. In the last week, there has been a significant reduction in the number of attacks on coalition forces in Iraq. Hopefully, the next few weeks will see an even more significant response to those pleas.

"There's more combat experience on the 7th floor of the State Department than in the entire Office of the Secretary of Defense," quipped the high-ranking State Department official to a room filled with senior military officers last month.

Isn't this an interesting statement !? In the last 30 years, the vast majority of the men holding the Secratary of Defense position have had little or no military combat experience. This was by design, so that the military would not have or be perceived as having absolute sway with the President or the Congress.

What I find really amazing is the fact that virtually all of the whinning and complaining about the Iraqi war is coming from people who have not been active participants, either it its planning or its execution.
Wesley Clark couldn't handle the assignment in Bosnia, and none of the other Democratic contenders have a clue as to how the war is going, being run, or the results, other than what they read in the daily liberal press.
The only ones being "conned" are those who buy into the concept of, "We should have left Saddam alone." syndrone.