Really ignorance must be bliss if you don't think that religion has anything to do with politics. And this war?? NOT about the lie you reference. It's much bigger than "the lie". So we are supposed to sit idly by while a country is being raped by their dictator?? I freakin think NOT!! Our troops KNOW what they signed up for. They not only protect our country but mankind. The people over there needed our help. The United States is a country of benevolence, thank God, and I thank GOD that they are over there helping our fellow man. Shame on you for your utter disregard for their job!! Allie

Jess, do you know anything about the region and what it was like before we invaded? Saddam Hussein was an evil, evil man. No one will disagree with that. But you know that he had no connections with Al Qaeda, right? You know that the WMDs that Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld said Hussein had were not there, right? You know that there was little to no terrorist activity in Iraq before the invasion, right? What is happening there now is a result of our invasion. The region was reasonably stable before we went in w/ "shock and awe". There was absolutely no threat to Americans until after we went in there. Once Hussein was out of power, the Sunni's and the Shiites got to fighting w/ each other for power and control of the government. The Kurds are involved too, but not so much as the other two. What will happen, if we don't get these people to sit down and talk to each other is that Iran will support the Shiites, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will support the Sunni, and Turkey will support the Kurds, and you know what... full blown war in the middle east with guess who as the sitting duck.... Israel. Our actions destabilized the region. And you know what? I've got about 30 pages of reports on my desk that show that our President and his administration were most definitely warned that this would happen--and that he was warned by people who most definitely would know (senior uniformed military, former military, military officials, top generals....). Every moment we spend there, we create more people who hate America, American military and American citizens. As much as appreciate our military men and women, and their sacrifice, I think they are best used elsewhere like in Afganistan where the Taliban is gaining control again. We left a job unfinished there in order to create chaos in Iraq. Our military men and women did what they were told to do, but they were sent to do something that could not be done. And that is because the President doesn't value them enough (and if you don't believe that, take a look at Bush's latest budget proposal that cuts veteran's medical benefits at at time when more and more of them will be coming back from duty and will be needing medical benefits).