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Fiscally imprudent. Since when do democrats care about financial responsibility. Whats more, it is prudent. It is in the interest of this country to see a stable middle east. Before you spout nonsense about how we've destabilized the middle east, lets pause and consider how stable it was before we went in. Not at all. Germany was pretty unstable too for a while there. I think the threat of WMD is a pretty convincing argument. Before you make the banal claim that Iraq had none, lets consider the facts that THEY HAVE used them in the past (against our ally, no less), we HAVE FOUND SOME since the war began, and we HAVE their scientists who have, at numerous points, detailed the creation of weapons under the now deposed dictator. Would they have used the weapons against the U.S., I doubt it. Would they have used them against our interests and allies? Absolutely. Weapons argument aside, the humanitarian issue is also compelling. The massacre of Kurds, the torture and killing of Jews/Christians, and general lack of respect for the sanctity of human life were all prevalent under Saddam. If you choose to look at Iraq as a failure, I'd suggest putting down todays copy of the NY Times and talking to some soldiers. We now have a country, right in the middle of an extremely volatile region, that is struggling to find its way towards democracy. What a valuable tool a free Iraq could be in the future. However, if we turn and abandon them now, as we did following the first war, it will all be for nothing.
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