now you're putting words in my mouth and flinging insults. you really have no clue what you're talking about here.

after 9/11 we are at war with terrorists. period. my point is, after 9/11 the rulebooks changed, but you must've missed that since you're sooo smart. the opposing force brought a new type of fighting to the table and we have to adapt and overcome. the same thing happened at the start of the civil war. the union armies were still fighting in columns while the confederate troops were using guerilla type tactics. it's simple common sense, but i guess that's something that waved bye bye to you long ago.

we went into iraq for two reasons. first the regime in power is known widely for it's use and support of terrorism and terrorist cells(that doesn not equate to al queda. al queda is just a name of a singular network that has been sensationalized by CNN). Secondly, we went in because that same regime that deals with terrorists has been developing chemical and biological weapons for years and up until only a few years ago had a thriving nuclear weapons program.

aparently our leaders who have acess to all of that classified data that you're hell bent on believing doesn't exist thought that we have enough to justify a first strike on iraq. which passed in the house and senate by a large margin i might add.

when the playbook is old and the plays don't work anymore you have to rewrite the playbook. it's that simple.