> I'm surprised to see someone of Cole's perspicacity on Iraq write, "My
> answer with regard to the aftermath of September 11 and defeating al-Qaeda
> in Afghanistan is, yes, I would have been willing to go fight and die
> myself to protect my country from another such attack."
>
> The Bush administration rejected the Afghan government's offer to discuss
> the extradition of Osama bin Laden; it wanted its war, against an
> essentially defenseless country. It was hardly "protect[ing our] country
> from another such attack." --CGE
The only remotely plausible alternative explanation is that the conflict in Afghanistan was mere stage-setting for the war Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz wanted in Iraq.
-- Luke