tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354564.post113225245791939799..comments2023-05-26T10:08:28.994-05:00Comments on Renegade Mentat: Democrats: The Fourth-and-a-Half ColumnAlain DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02001399051287882699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354564.post-1132323220629210122005-11-18T09:13:00.000-05:002005-11-18T09:13:00.000-05:00Dad,Sorry to have to lay the smack down on you, bu...Dad,<BR/><BR/>Sorry to have to lay the smack down on you, but I can easily do so with three points.<BR/><BR/>First, it was the United States' policy to change the regime in Iraq. It was a bill passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton on October 31, 1998 that made it the official policy of the United States to change the regime in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>I think it is admirable that George Bush decided to do something rather than dither.<BR/><BR/>Second, prior to the Operation Iraqi Freedom, every Democrat of any stature agreed that Saddam Hussein (a) was a threat and (b) was trying to develop WMDs. <BR/><BR/>Question: how do we know that is not the case?<BR/><BR/>Answer: George Bush took Bill Clinton and all the Democrats at their word (see point one) and went and destroyed his regime thereby allowing our forces to go into Iraq and know for sure that his WMD program was not as advanced as we had feared.<BR/><BR/>Third, and I have made this point to you several times, but here goes again: WMDs were just *ONE* of 23 articles in the resolution authorizing war in Iraq. Didn't any of these guys read the resolution?<BR/><BR/>Also, consider this: if President Bush hadn't had tried to enlist the support of the UN Security Council prior to the war (which was an effort to mollify Democrats) we might have found more evidence of WMDs. Both Kenneth Pollack and David Kay think that elements of Saddam Hussein's WMD program were spririted across the border to Syria.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, and you get this one for free, please tell me you don't believe the mealy-mouthed statements of the likes of Jay "I Thought He Was Going To Get A Security Council Resolution" Rockefeller and John "I Actually Voted for It before I Voted Against It" Kerry. <BR/><BR/>These are principled changes in positions? I know you know better.Alain DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001399051287882699noreply@blogger.com