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I'm sorry I littered your truly insightful thread with my insanity Griff.

This article does a good job of encapsulating my disappointment with conservatives who support our perpetual war for perpetual peace. I expect the left to drag us into "world saving" conflicts with no regard for consequences but when the supposedly hard-headed right does it, its doubly disappointing. The old rights healthy cynicism about our capacity to enforce values on other people has, unfortunately, morphed into a cynical power grab, where physical control over a swath of oil saturated sand, however tenuous, has become a value.

Although I really don't believe this whole war is only about oil, there is a legitimate argument against it.

My fear is the same as many others, maybe founded or not, that Saddam will grow his weapons development programs into something very threatening to many countries. The lack of solid proof creates a skepticism that I wish the Bush admin would overcome. Apparantly the release of the evidence would be damaging to the intelligence agency. How many times have we heard that before.

Bush has completely flip-flopped on his stance of nation (destroying and re)building. It seems like the whole situation will play itself out in the weeks to come.