Neither reason has been shown to be unsubstantiated. The ties to Al Qaida are substantiated, the only problem is that we have no idea of the extent of their cooperation. As for the WMDs, even Kay thinks that the threat of restarting the dormant programs was reason enough to overthrow Saddam, and he has done no more than offer an opinion on whether pre- war intelligence was valid. What can be said is that the existence of stockpiled WMDs has not been verified.
It is not true that there is no winning a guerilla war. We helped to beat a guerilla insurgency in Greece at the end of World War II, for example. We pacified guerilla fighters in El Salvador, and brought them to the table. Guerilla war are like any other, in respect of the fundamental aim, which is breaking the enemies will to fight.
The Interim Government may very well survive and prevent a Civil War.
We did the Iraqis a huge favor by liberating them from their yoke. In addition, we changed the dynamic in the Middle East, bringing about, for example, the extraordinary concessions of Muamar Qaddafi. Our best option is to find and destroy terrorist networks, and to be proactive on proliferation issues........ |
