"Mark Weaver, a lawyer for the Ohio Republican Party, said after the ruling by Judge Dlott and before the ruling by Judge Adams that the Republicans would ask the Sixth United States District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to overturn it, The Associated Press reported."

And of course if that fails they'll take it to the Supreme Court, where Bush's buddies will be sure to give him a helping hand. It's starting already!!

Kapt,

I never said and don't believe Bush is responsible for all of our problems. But he hasn't done anything to make things better, and has done plenty to make things worse. Just my view, you're entitled to yours.


JFM,

Please tell me again how our war on terror has anything remotely whatsoever to do with Bush invading, conquering, and occupying Iraq?

I supported him 100% on Afghanistan, and would support military action anywhere he can demonstrate a bonafide threat or link to terrorism. He never made that case in Iraq, in my opinion, which I am entitled to.

I said right from the very beginning on Iraq, that he was scapegoating and politicizing the war on terror. He used the war on terror and 9-11 as a convenient excuse to go to war in Iraq, and capitalized on the emotions of the American people who wanted an enemy and a scapegoat, and who fits that bill better than Saddam Hussein? This was a calculated political ploy designed to put profits in the pockets of his biggest political contributors, gain political support from his base, and win further political support from his fundamentalist Christian constituency.

It never mattered wether Hussein had WMD's or not, or wether he was any kind of threat, or wether he had any links to terrorism. Bush knew he could sell people like you and Jon h. on his war because you are so hungry for revenge for 9-11, and you group all Muslims in the Middle East together, so you would all support him and thus solidify his political base. It's so obvious, and so elementary, how can you not see it?

We stayed out of WWII until we were attacked. We were working very hard to reach a diplomatic solution to our conflict with Japan. Despite the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, it was the right thing to do. War should never be undertaken unless absolutely necessary. When that point is reached is highly subjective, and depends on the specific situation. It requires a statesman and a diplomat, like FDR, or JFK, not an incompetent, short sighted, intellectually challenged huckster like GWB.

Going to war in Iraq at that point in time under the totality of those circumstances was morally and diplomatically wrong. The cost in bloodshed and our global standing has not been worthwhile, as we are no safer now than we were before we went in there. People like you just feel better, and Bush has built his campaign for president upon one of the greatest military and foreign relations blunders in all of American history.

Respectfully,

Jim