D'artagnan wrote:Exactly what's been accomplished lately re WMDs, Brandon? Since they haven't been found, presumably whatever was done to get rid of them happened before the Iraq War.
Since one single use of one single WMD in a population center could kill a collosal number of people (between a few thousand and more than a million depending on the exact scenario), the threat they pose must be taken with grave seriousness. At the moment of our invasion of Iraq, based on the totality of our history in trying to get Hussein to destroy the weapons and stop the programs, there was a significant probability that he had not yet done so. Bear in mind that he had demonstrated intent to deceive the inspectors many times. There was a non-negligable probability that WMD and/or WMD programs were still there. Had Hussein been continuing his development of WMD, we might have had a finite time window before he progressed far enough to either demand we allow him to continue or to use them within the US and then deny involvement. It would not be sensible to ignore a significant probability of disaster. Bush acted correctly to invade to preclude a future in which Hussein had achieved invulnerability and possibly used WMD to strike a crippling blow against the West.
D'artagnan wrote:As for acting aggressively on terrorism, that's a joke with this administration. Afghanistan is returning to its pre-war status, and there's more hatred for the US now than ever.
Could I please see some evidence to back your assertion that this administration treats terrorism like a joke? Perhaps the Islamic fundamentalists and their sympathisers hate us because we are now acting decisively to fight them. It is right and proper to use every means at our disposal to fight terrorists, or to stop the worst of the worst dictators from developing and stockpiling WMD.
D'artagnan wrote:Terrorism, unlike the Iraqi army, won't be defeated so easily.
Yes, you are right. That is why it is so moronic when liberals tout every reversal in what will certainly be a long battle as proof that we are losing globally.
D'artagnan wrote:And certainly not if we pursue four more years of the Bush-Cheney strategy.
Disagree.