Well, that’s what we get for playing by the enemy’s rules. Worrying about the TOOLS is a liberal technique. By the leftist mindset, humans are identical blobs; the way to improve human behavior is to remove the guns or the asbestos or the lead or the substandard housing. So it’s not surprising that Colin Powell understands this way of thinking.

Conservatives should always focus on the PERSON, not the totem or object. By the conservative mindset, people are innately different. The way to take care of an evil person is to remove the evil person, not to bother about what objects he may have available. In this case the person is Saddam. UNTIL WE KILL SADDAM WE HAVE DONE PRECISELY NOTHING!!!!!!

Two things I would welcome:

1) A congressional investigation of our pre-war intelligence. I hate to think of sources being burned, but I think some reasonable answers are in order, and I think there are reasonable answers. (And wasn’t Ron Dellums, on the Intel Committee, one of those calling for the ABOLITION in toto of the CIA? Now his ideological cohorts are unhappy with it’s ineffectiveness. Typical)

2) Democrats and the Left in general want to make an issue of this? “Worse than Watergate?” Oh, by ALL means, PLEASE don’t throw us righties into that briar patch…. If they want to demonstrate AGAIN that they will stand with totalitarian monsters, always and forevermore, no matter what crimes they commit, oh please, show us all clearly. Take that football, boys, and run as far as you can. See where it takes you. That I would relish seeing.

And I might just point out that one underlying reason for this movement, if you will, is to undercut the authority of the United States (shocker). Have the Lefties, particularly overseas, followed this to it’s logical conclusion? If they undercut said authority in such issues as Weapons of Mass Destruction… Guess what, boys…. NOW who gets to step up to the plate? That’s all you, chief. YOU get to go after these guys now. YOU get to make things happen in this world. (And I’m sure stern looks and documents will suffice.) YOU get to show us how it’s done. And YOU get to suffer the consequences of your success or failure… possibly on your own. We will do what it necessary to protect OUR selves. What you will do…. will be interesting.

But I have no doubt you guys have thought this all out, so why should I be worried?

If Bush can show us that the did not knowingly present shaky, unreliable, debunked evidence as fact and absolute certainty to promote the war. Then he will be vindicated.

If he can’t show he had solid evidence and intelligence that is intellectual dishonesty and in matters so grave as attacking another country it can be scandalous.

Way beyond scandalous, Paul. Spinning the public to war is treasonous. Obviously, this war was commited to by Bush long before the WMD dog-and-pony-show was conceived (see The New American Century).