John Edwards seems like a decent man

Removal of Hussein was the right thing

On Meet the Press, John Edwards really impressed me with a very reasonable and principled approach to the war in Iraq. When Tim Russert asked him about his statement that Iraq was a danger because of Saddam Hussein's pursuit of nuclear weapons, his response was unusual for a Democrat. He didn't say, I was duped by that smooth talking George Bush. He didn't say that the intelligence gathered over the past 2 years was wrong. He said that the intelligence for the past 10 years has been consistant and that intelligence has indicated that the Hussein regime has intended to procure nuclear weapons. Wow, someone willing to speak the truth and stand behind the votes he made -- and he's a Democrat.

Earlier on Fox News when Carl Levin was asked to explain Saddam's actions if he had no WMD's, Tony Snow had to put on his hip waders. There is no explanation that makes sense. Ergo, there is no reason to expect a rational person to look at 15 years of history and the then current actions of the Hussein regime and not fully believe that they were in possession of WMD's. Whether or not war was the right solution is something that can be debated by rational people. Asserting that the absense of WMD's is PROOF that the President and his administration intentionally misled the Congress and the American people in order to prosecute a war for personal reasons is pernicious and itself, intentionally misleading.