The Good Ol' Days

Gee, remember when Iraq was a relatively stable Arab country with a leader capable of keeping the tribal and religious factions in line, maintaining order in the streets, and keeping Al Qaeda out of the country? Yes, there was a lot of sabre-rattling and inflammatory rhetoric, but for a decade, the country pretty much minded its manners toward its neighbors, largely because it had been de-fanged. Why, it seems like this was only three years ago!

I was never a fan of Saddam Hussein, but maybe Donald Rumsfeld had it right when he shook hands with the devil - the evil we know is better than the evil we don't know.

Our Consitution provides authority to raise taxes for the "common defence." There is nothing in the constitution that provides authority to go to war to go to war to establish democracy in another country. I think our founding brothers had it right. As did Colin Powell. If you break it, you own it.

I still maintain that the debacle in Iraq will be the most destructive foreign policy decision that our country has ever made.

(BTW, I find nothing in the constitution that states that if you borrow the money instead of collecting taxes, that it is okay to fight wars of agression.)