Ending the Endless War: DU article by Jack Rabbit

[Martin Eden]

Ending the Endless War
March 20, 2004
By Jack Rabbit

Just over one year ago, on March 18, 2003, Mr. Bush launched the invasion of Iraq. This action was sold to the American people as a necessary war to deprive a brutal dictator of weapons of mass destruction that might be shared with the international terrorists with whom he was associated. The invasion was the centerpiece of Mr. Bush’s war on terrorism.

As is now widely known – and as many of us knew all along – Saddam in fact had neither weapons of mass destruction nor close associations with international terrorists. Vis a vis the war on terrorism, the invasion was a complete waste of time. As a result of invading Iraq, vast military resources that could be better spent pursuing Osama and other real terrorists are tied up in the quagmire Bush has created in Iraq.

As we approach the first anniversary of the invasion, Mr. Bush and his people believe that the war is going quite well and they are prepared to make it the centerpiece of what is called – with some dispute – Mr. Bush’s campaign for re-election. While polls show that Mr. Bush gets low marks from Americans in every other aspect, his leadership in the war on terrorism rates high approval.

Democrats should regard this as an opportunity to peel away the last vestige of Mr. Bush’s long-undeserved popularity because the war on terrorism in reality has been as miserable a failure as everything else Bush has done since assuming power.

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