Dave Smith wrote:
>
> "Pete C." wrote:
> >
> > The billions sent to Iraq are a drop in the bucket and while not being
> > particularly well spent are at least being thrown in the direction of a
> > very real threat. A good chunk of our tax dollars are being wasted on
> > well intentioned but counterproductive "humanitarian aid". The largest
> > portion of our tax dollars however are being wasted right here in the
> > US.
>
> Pray tell.... what threat is that? The administration admitted that there
> was no link between Iraq and 9/11.

They didn't initially claim one either.

> They also admitted that there turned out
> to be no WMDs, just as the weapons inspectors had reported.

Entirely false. The WMDs are indeed still MIA, however they were indeed
found and inventoried by the UN UNSCOM inspectors. The inventoried WMDs
went MIA some time in the decade that passed after Saddam threw out
those inspectors. The fact that they can not now be located in no way
disproves their existence.

> After
> dismissing the advice of numbers security advisors that there were no WMDs
> and that invading Iraq was a bad idea, Bush found people to tell him what
> he wanted them to say and went ahead. Iraq was no threat to the US. The
> biggest threat to the US seems to be sitting in the Oval Office.

If that's what you believe, you are part of the biggest threat to the
US.

Pete C.