''What (Saddam Hussein) wants is time, and more time to husband his resources to invest in his ongoing chemical and biological weapons program, and to gain possession of nuclear weapons. The risks of inaction are far greater than the risk of action."

- Dick Cheney (August 27, 2002)

"(Obama will) end up where Bush is — with the choice of using force or acquiescing to the idea of a nuclear Iran. And he’ll probably be calling Dick Cheney for advice."

- Bill Kristol (January 12, 2009)

"I must say that I shall regret to see the war end."

Gen. George Armstrong Custer (October 3, 1862)

In his final news conference (01/12/09)

"Not finding weapons of mass destruction was a significant disappointment."

That must have been a bitter pill for him to swallow. Particularly, since his hyping a non-existent threat of nuclear weaponry cost over a million innocent people their lives. I have no doubt, though, that we've have learned from such a grievous, catastrophic mistake.

NOW back to the more pressing issue.

Iran is acquiring nuclear weaponry and we can't allow a mushroom cloud to be the smoking gun!

"if he cannot be convicted in regular court due to abuses that Bush officials committed, we should just let him go? And THAT is a fair solution for the people of this country? Is that what you're really saying?"

-- Jestaplero

This reminds of the argument Donald Rumsfeld made a few years ago about the Abu Ghraib images being released:

"I mean, I looked at (the images) last night, and they're hard to believe.... photos that depict incidents of physical violence towards prisoners, acts that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhumane .... If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse."

We can't trust people we've tortued to act lawfully. That's quite an argument.

Who was it who believed the Iraqi people would be throwing flowers and candy at US troops, singing Kumbaya, and erecting statues of Bush after the gloriously beautiful shock n' awe campaign?

"So, yes, he was destroyed."

-- Steele The First

Sounds tragic. I wonder why I continue to get letters from him each month, then. There's some guy that looks a lot like him that is currently working diligently (and extremely effectively) to eradicate river blindness, provide trained health professionals to 3rd world countries, improve sanitation and hygiene throughout the world, helping perfect agricultural techniques for increased grain production, etc., etc. He was even on Jon Stewart's show not too long ago. He looked great. I guess it was all an act.

I'm curious, since you've obviously escaped the powerful grip of the evil Zionist overlords living under your bed, what have you accomplished with your life to compare to the "destroyed" Jimmy Carter? Or are Zionists keeping you unproductive?

"(Carter) had great intentions but like many of the homes he built for habitat for humanity they crumbled like the failed ideology he stood for."

-- libertyaintfree

You mean the ideology that said the US shouldn't give in to the Iranian terrorists holding Americans hostages in 1980, who Reagan negotiated with behind Carter's back leading to America being rightfully seen since then as a weak, capitulating nation that can be brought to it's knees by terrorism? Read the rank fear in the mindset of someone like wbgonne, who like so many modern day americans believes the #1 job number for the US President is to "maintain security" rather than to maintain the Constitution (the president's actual #1 job). It's a bit hard to explain to people who's "ideology" includes the idea that it's better to be safe and lose your principles (and your spine) than to maintain your principles & backbone even if you should die. Live free or die is not something the Reagan, Bush, McCain crowd and their weak-kneed followers will ever understand.

The mantra that “government is the problem” was sold to the America people by Ronald Reagan 30 years ago. It mandated that if government should ever succeed in providing efficient services to the American people then conservatism is a failure. While it’s understandable how this ideology should be championed by the only segment of society it benefits (the rich requesting government do nothing more than service the elites with federal welfare, tax exemptions, deregulation, and freedom from criminal prosecution), the ability to get the middle-class and lower-class right-wingers (dittoheads, FOX-watchers, etc.) to eagerly hop onboard and support this rich-man’s mantra is how the canard eventually became accepted “wisdom” among "regular" Americans. But as the 30 year mindset hit grotesque proportions under the comatose indifference of George W Bush and Dick Cheney to the needs of the American people -- including strong opposition to even the most essential services for Americans during Katrina -- the “whiners” (as the GOP calls Americans) began to realize it’s not government that’s not working, it’s REPUBLICAN governments!

While many are still accustomed to believing this GOP mantra of “government is the problem”, enough people woke up in 2008 to demand their government do more than serve at the teet of the uber rich. Whether Obama will fail the American people as the Republican Party has remains to be seen

But the days of “government is the problem,” much like the rightwing's “with us or against us” nonsense, has been thrown into the trash heap of history.

Conservatism is the problem, not government.