From the State Of The Union Address:
“Imagine those 19 hijackers with other weapons and other plans, this time armed by Saddam Hussein.”
In other words, Saddam had nothing to do with September 11th. So why are we going after him again?
For more textual analysis, try Kinsley’s take here.
I’m going to go for numerical analysis shortly.
What part of “Because he might give WMDs to the next group of
terrorists” are you having a hard time understanding?
This is not a war of revenge and reprisal. It is a war of prevention.
We attack Iraq not because they did attack us, but to make sure that
they don’t participate in an attack against us, directly or indirectly.
(There are a number of other reasons, but that’s enough for now.)
What part of “Because he might give WMDs to the next group of terrorists” are you having a hard time understanding?
One word: Contras. There’s yer fun, happy precedent.