...that toppling Saddam would result in unnecessary loss of life and endless quagmire -- exactly what has happened. Not only did they know there was no real threat, they never believed that an invasion would accomplish anything (other than as a distraction from domestic politics). Why impeach now when a war crimes prosecution after they leave in'09 would be so trivial? Bret Cahill

..., Hannibal's over-the-Alps assault on Rome, and MacArthur's' Inchon surprise! And don't say you won't buy it -- buy ... on those disputatious Iraqis, but it's also unfair. Bush's invasion so thoroughly obliterated the apparatus of the Iraqi nation-state that ... Where else were people to turn in the midst of post-invasion chaos? How else were they to ensure that their interests were...

..., Hannibal's over-the-Alps assault on Rome, and MacArthur's' Inchon surprise! And don't say you won't buy it -- buy... on those disputatious Iraqis, but it's also unfair. Bush's invasion so thoroughly obliterated the apparatus of the Iraqi nation-state that the.... Where else were people to turn in the midst of post-invasion chaos? How else were they to ensure that their interests were protected...