>>>>Bush will be remembered as the man who said "No more dictators" and set us down a path. A long, difficult path. I'm not going to judge it so quickly this time.
>...
>>Because our industries interests in Iraq, our foreign policy strategy, and the ability to get public support against Saddam all aligned, it was made realistically possible, unlike Americas willingness to handle Darfur, for example.
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>>So Iraq was a unique opportunity. We went for it.
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>Interesting "we". Would you care to guesstimate the percentage of americans having more or less the same POV (which the Mike H. of a few years ago would probably have called cynical, shortsighted and/or untrue)
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>when the invasion occurred
>currently ?



Enough to elect a Congress that gave the President the powers to do what he did.

(The US Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, and they acted to lackadasically let the President go if he wanted.)