I agree. Our infrastructure needs fixing.
One dead soldier in Iraq is one to many but war is HELL and always has been.
there are many of americans who believed there was no need for war
On some wars have to be fought. WWI and WWII are examples of that.
I was never for the Iraq war. I can see why they went in as every intelligence agency in the world, ours included, said Saddam had WMD's. Still I hated to see it.
Not all our agencies .... and countries provided info that there were no womd there
A lot of them did along with the intelligence agencies all over the world saying the same thing.
Oh he had it all right. He gassed his own people with it.
Many think he sent is all the Syria before we invaded. Not sure on that but its highly likely.
“Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find — and there will be plenty.”
Robert Kagan, Neocon scholar, April 9, 2003
“I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.”
Ari Fleischer, April 10, 2003
“We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.”
George Bush, April 24, 2003
“Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.”
Tony Blair, 28 April, 2003
“There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.”
Donald Rumsfeld, April 25, 2003
“We’ll find them. It’ll be a matter of time to do so.”
George Bush May 3, 2003
“I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.”
Colin Powell, May 4, 2003
“I never believed that we’d just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.”
Donald Rumsfeld, May 4, 2003
“I’m not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein — because he had a weapons program.”
George W. Bush, May 6, 2003
“U.S. officials never expected that “we were going to open garages and find” weapons of mass destruction.”
Condoleezza Rice, May 12, 2003
“I just don’t know whether it was all destroyed years ago — I mean, there’s no question that there were chemical weapons years ago — whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they’re still hidden.”
Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st Airborne May 13, 2003