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Originally posted by sgtclub
Which gets us back to the idealogical differences between the 2 sides (Iraq = war on terror v. Iraq = not war on terror).
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Ideological is a good word for it. Suffice it to say that the connection between Iraq and the war on terror was that if we can install a functioning democracy in Iraq that will become a beacon in that region of darkness, we will have taken a big step toward drying the swamp in which Al Qaeda lurks. But if there was much support for that rationale for the war, Cheney would not have had to spew that crap about Hussein and Zarqawi before the war, and the administration would not have had to fear that taking Zarqaqi out might undermine the case for the war.
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