I love politics... first, don't pull out the BIG OIL WAR argument unless you are willing to concede that the anti camp - France, China, and Russia, have very real oil interests of their own in Iraq. They aren't against war on humanitarian grounds, they are worried about THEIR oil interests. Please provide a solid piece of evidence that US interests are the same. We don't get Iraq oil currently and we are doing fine without it. Read some of the links I provided on the State of the Union thread.

Second, we have been attacked. It just wasn't an attack in the strict military sense. And I do believe there is an Iraq Bin Laden link. If you don't you're welcome to your opinion.

Finally, the electoral congress protects small states. Unless you'd rather have New York, California, and the other half dozen large states elect our presidents every four years. This is a nation of 50 states, not a nation of one state.