And they STILL chose not to do what Bush did. For the reasons you see now.

Clearly the intelligence was WRONG... and not just a little. But, then again, it WAS used selectively and dissent was ignored or punished. It didn't get much coverage but Phase II of the bi-partisan Senate report on Iraq intelligence just came out a few days ago and it makes the Bush administration decisions look even worse. http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1812507,00.html This is the report that was delayed for years because of what it would say.

Bush himself is only a small portion of the problem. It is his administration as a whole that is the machine and has worked on many fronts to steer America far from its ideals. Lack of accountability, lies, cronyism, politicization of the justice department, outing spies, using nationalism to scare people, and illegally spying on Americans are just some of the issues that make him a standout POS politician. The fact that he (and most of the Republicans) don't see this and/or have enabled it is my big problem. Are the dems much better? No, but if both parties are going to be giving away money, I'd rather have them giving out handouts to the poor rather than the rich. The days of saying Dems are "tax and spend" while Repubs are "fiscally conservative" has been proven patently false and people should be reminded of it.

And, yes, anyone that approved the war should be looking for a new job regardless of their political party. I, like nearly every other American, didn't have access to the "intelligence" but I could still smell that bullshiat 3000 miles away. One of the saddest parts of 9/11 for me was seeing how quickly some in power sought to use America's mourning and rage to make money and further pre-conceived agendas.

-Kaiser D.