Perry, I appreciate the passion in your beliefs, but you should try a bit harder to be non-partisan. Yes, there are several points that can be made about why we should not have gone to war in Iraq. I remember saying to myself at the time that there were more reasons for going than merely the WMD argument that we were being proffered. Any clear-thinking person would understand that there are often many reasons for undertaking a complicated venture such as a war. To constantly throw your hands in the air and cry, "But there were no WMD!!!s" is a weak attempt at justifying your beliefs; especially considering many Democrats and other nations were confirming the WMD claim…and the UN voted for UN Resolution #17 against Iraq.
It is one thing to say that you are trying to be non-partisan, it's another to actual be it. Believe me, I don't agree with a lot of things that this administration has done. I also do not agree with how they've prosecuted the Iraq War…I think they should've used even more force. But you have to understand that the media needs to sell newspapers, adspace, or just get more viewers, and the best way to do that is to stick to the basics – death, violence, sex, etc. Building schools, repairing water or electrical infrastructure, or freeing a people (especially women) from decades of opression aren't covered in the media because there's no money in it.
I surmise that you are an educated person, and that you can see the media's angle from a mile away…especially if it's slanted to the right. Take off your blinders and try to see it from the other side. Then you'll be able to recognize that this report, based on it's scope, findings, and timing, is likely an attempt to affect the upcoming mid-term elections. Nothing more, nothing less.
My question to you is have you questioned the validity and sources of the report prior to taking it as gospel? Please explain to all of us how you dismiss the intelligence reports that came out before the Iraq War which statedthat Iraq was trying to obtain WMDs; yet you are so quick to put your name behind these recent intelligence reports that criticize the same Iraq War?
