Pat Buchanan writes about Bush’s war for The American Conservative magazine, and I’m happy to share an excerpt.
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WMDs Gone MIA
by Pat Buchanan
What was America’s real motive for attacking Iraq? Was it oil? Empire? To make the Middle East safe for Sharon? That these questions are being asked, not only by America’s critics, is the fault of the administration alone. For its crucial argument as to why it had no choice but to launch the first preventive war in American history is collapsing like a sand castle in a rising surf.
Iraq, in retrospect, was no threat whatsoever to the United States. We fought an unnecessary war, and now we must rebuild a nation at a rising cost in blood and treasure.
Before the war, many who opposed it argued that no matter the evil character of Saddam, Iraq had not attacked us, did not threaten us, did not want war with us, could not defeat us. Why then were we about to invade Iraq?
READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE AT:
http://www.amconmag.com/06_30_03/buchanan.html#