[Neo]

The 9/11 commission wrote that they didn't have any evidence of a cooperative, or a collaborative relationship between Saddam Hussein's government and the Al Qaeda operatives with regard to attacks on the United States. The terrorists were not being sheltered in Iraq by Saddam. Whether or not the war going badly is ultimately a subjective opinion. One of my best friends served a year and a half over there and has serious concerns about the lack of planning involved.

It's hard to strike a balance between protesting policy and actually undermining efforts. We certainly can't directly impede the war effort but the idea that we should shut up once the war starts is ludicrous. We can't simply roll over and give an administration a green light to do whatever they want.

On a related note, just how are we going to pay for all this? Bush is spending unprecedented amounts overseas and has limited funds coming in because of his tax cuts. He's turned Clinton's trillion dollar surplus into a 445 billion dollar budget deficit. He even dipped into the social security funds. Credit will only take us so far. Yeah it's nice to have these tax breaks but it's ultimately destroying the economy and we will soon be hurting badly.