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To: GST who wrote (147904)	9/23/2002 1:00:34 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Your claim was that Cheney said the US would invade Iraq, regardless. You still haven't produced anything to support that claim. BTW, in case you forgot: "Congress, in various legislative measures including the 1998 Iraq Liberation Act, has made clear its support for changing Iraq's regime." "In November 1998, amid a crisis with Iraq over U.N. [WMD] inspections, the Clinton Administration stated that the [U.S.] would seek not only to contain Iraq, but to promote a change of regime." Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs; CRS Report for Congress: "Iraq: U.S. Efforts to Change the Regime"; March 22, 2002. The idea that regime change was the only way to definitively end Saddam's WMD programs and ensure that he can never threaten us or our allies again has been the bipartisan consensus since at least 1998. Sept. 11, regardless of Saddam's direct involvement, provided a shocking reminder that we can't afford to sit idle and hope that his weapons won't be used against us. The objective is and always has been to render Saddam harmless. In 1998, our leadership concluded, formally, that it is likely impossible for him to be rendered harmless while left in power, and that we must work toward his removal from power. That is still the view of most in Congress, as well as the White House. Since 9/11, Americans now realize that we can be threatened from afar, whether by a dictator or by a terrorist organization. As a result of this realization and of the realization by most in Washington of the failure the 1998 policy of regime change though a few million dollars of non-military aid to opposition groups, our President (unlike the Congress and the Clinton White House of 1998) is now willing to commit to stronger measures to achieve the objective. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." George Washington, speech to both houses of Congress, Jan. 8, 1790.