The blame for the War in Iraq should not be put on George W. Bush

I agree that those voting for Bush have a stake in the blame. I would suggest that those who re-elected him have more, however. Many well-meaning souls did not envision this outcome in the 2000 election.

Having said that, I believe that Nancy Pelosi is right ... Dennis Kucinich's impeachment proposal is divisive and diversionary at this time. With less than a year to go under the current administration, we cannot afford to be swept up in the rhetoric that would accompany such a process. We need to spend our time seriously considering how we are going to fix the messes and decide who is best equipped to fix them.

Kucinich is a wacko anyway.

I go back further than that. The UN and his Dad perhaps should take some. Leaving Saddam in power, ineffectual oil for food programs, worthless corrupt sanctions, and no fly zones only delayed the inevitable.

Papa Bush had to leave Saddam in power. His whole basis of going into Iraq and getting Congress' aproval was to liberate Kuwait so to keep the Persian gulf open. If he would have gone any further Congress and the Democrats would have gone crazy. So that argument about "taking out Saddam" the first time is weak.

Who's gonna stand up to Islamic terrorists? Do we just keep appeasing them? Can they live in world with individual and economic freedoms? If we give in to them, won't they just want more?

All this blame on Bush while the United Nations, France, Germany, and Russia were getting rich off the "Oil for Palaces" program and turning a blind eye to all the murder and torture going on in Iraq. Who was going to step in? Appeasesment seems to be the mode of operation for the European and American left.

Can't blame me in any way, shape or form. I've never voted for a Bush...nor did I vote for any of the Democrats running against a Bush. It can't be all Bush's fault anyway. It takes more than a president to 'declare war'. There were other politicians who were voted into office by the people, Republicans and Democrats alike, who approved the war.

The electorate must take the ultimate responsibility for the politicians they elect.

I hope we are more aware today than we were in 2004, but the signs are that the politicos are using the same tactics that worked for them in the past.

I forgive the electorate for 2000. But 2004? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

We can't continue to be fooled like this or in any other way. It will simply destroy this country if it hasn't already. Time will tell.

You can bet that things are worse than we think.

Why go to war in Iraq?

It's all about the money. Bush is from a dynastic oil family. Cheney was the head of Halliburton for crying out loud. And suck-up Norm Coleman was supposed to have some oversight but looked the other way, hoping to cash in for being such a good lapdog.

War is good business, and it can make a stinking and sinking economy look pretty good, right in time for the elections.

Remember Bush always saying how strong our economy was? Bull. Now we have the tax rebates? Nice try.

There are many pundits out there who make a lot of money. They will continue to serve their own selfish interests no matter what. They are not ethical, they are not moral, they are not even right! They are lying liars, which is the worse kind.

I won't mention any names, but their initials are Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter. They use fear to whip us into a frenzy and then rake in the dough. They've got poor Winston so riled up, I'm afraid he's going to explode!

In a different arena there is Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson and other self-righteous, self-serving hypocrites. They use God and religion to divide us and then they rake in the dough.

These un-Americans do a disservice to us all.

Could we cast just a little blame on Saddam and the people who supported him?

We can, and we should. There is plenty of blame to go around...but WMD, and 17 (useless) U.N. Resolutions cannot go ignored by a man who was fortunate just to have his health and his Country, after all of his malfeasance.. Ask the Kuwaiti's and the Kurds.

Holding elected representatives is key in a democracy--many of us are asleep at the switch in that regard. If the UN is to be effective, their resolutions must be taken seriously, or else let's move them out and build condos.

Yes, Kay, and sadly, The U.N. is a corrupt travesty by its very nature. It was designed as an "all of us, against them (U.S.)" body, and therefore can NEVER be rehabilitated and functional. To wit: The most reviled "human rights" violators on the Globe are the very heads of the U.N. "Human Rights" Commission. This should be revealing to all.

They pass "resolutions" that they have NO INTENTION to enforce (such as the 17 in Iraq) for only ONE purpose; to look good to the rest of the World, while they lie, cheat and steal here on U.S. soil.

I'm for the condo's!

Mike W.-

Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson?

Come, now...I mean, really...

I second that motion, Mark-John! And let us not forget all the countries in cahoots with Iraq, when the "sanctions" were in place against them.

Condo's4US! Condo's all aound!!

Great points as well, Kay, on the surrounding "sanctions' skullduggery."

If anyone needs blames here, it should go to Schroeder and Chirac for playing their little EU games. Games that backfired.

Britian, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic all joined the coalition against Saddam in 2003. The only EU members who oppsed it were France and Germany. Now look at the EU. The left is out and conservatives dominate France, Italy, Germany and soon Britian and Spain.

Meanwhile Iraq is improving by the day.

I just hope that we do not repeat France and Germany's earlier mistake by electing Obama.

Indeed, Greg; what a sad turn of events it would be. France and Germany finally see the light and turn to Conservative leaders, and we turn to Obama...

Go figure.

Obama's supporters dream of the soft Socialism of Europe. A dream the Europeans are now abandoning. Hell, even Socialist Sweden has adopted the dreaded market-oriented school voucher system.

Oooohh, the HUMANITY!!!

I partially agree with this. However, I think some of the blame needs to be placed on past presidents as well.

It's always all about the money, it seems. Well....., money and power.

American gullibility is a fact. It amazes me that anyone pays any attention to Dennis Kucinich at all. Here is the man who sent the city of Cleveland into default when he was mayor and had to bailed out by the state & federal governments. For some reason, bankrupting a city wasn't enough - so the voters in Ohio elected him governor & he tried to do the same thing on a statewide level (and nearly succeeded). How is that ANYONE ANYWHERE except is mother listens to him any more?

But America better watch out. We got rid of Gerald Ford in 1976 because it was "Time For a Change" and elected Smiling Jimmy Carter as president. We got change all right - double-digit inflation & 21% mortgage interest's worth of change under one of the worst presidents in history. Jerry Ford didn't do much - but at least he didn't do anything bad for the economy and standard of living. I'm no McCain fan, but I'll take a do-nothing Ford as a 4-year stop gap over an activist Carter every day of the week.

Of course, many of the gullible Americans are those who believe the National Enquirer is a reputable newspaper and have the right to vote. Who's courting THAT vote? They may be the difference in putting one candidate or the other over the top. There's a thought that will keep you awake at night.