''I've reached the conclusion, retrospectively, now that the inadequate intelligence and faulty conclusions are being revealed, that all things being considered, it was a mistake to launch that military action,''---Bereuter

The operative word in that sentence is 'retrospectively'.
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"I've reached the conclusion,'retrospectively', that if I would have known Saturdays winning lottery numbers prior to Saturday, all things being considered, I would have won the lottery.
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In 2002, Bereuter had spoken out in support of a House resolution authorizing the president to go to war.--AP

He supported authorizing the president to invade Iraq because he saw the same intellegence reports that Senators Kerry, Edwards and Clinton saw that compelled them to do the same. The former Soviet Union, the Brittish as well as all other major intellegence gathering nations all concoured that they believed Saddam had WMD's. It's entirely possible that they were moved in to Syria while we played footsies with the UN for several months. It's not a matter of whether we'll eventually find the WMD's, it's a matter of when and where.

We're there now (Iraq). Second guessing and arm chair quarterbacking is an exercise in fultility. Four-Star General Tommy Franks (Ret.) has said that the area (Iraq) has become a magnet for Islamic terrorists--the majority of the ones giving us trouble right now are not Iraqi born citizens. Gen. Franks has said when it comes to fighting Islamic terrorists, we have two choices: we can fight them over there, or we can fight them over here.
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For those of you who believe we should have never invaded Iraq and removed Saddam and his regime, Ralph Nader is the only candidate running for president that has continually said we should have never gone in.

Ralph Nader is also an environmental extremist who despises capitalism and believes that socialism is the answer to many domestic concerns---Come to think of it, Mr. Nader seems like the ideal candidate for some of those who post here regurlary.