David Beito on Bruce Bartlett

David's link to Bruce Bartlett's column below reminds me a previous"issues" regarding this war that now seem trivial in the face of daily mayhem and death in Iraq, but I think are worth remembering.

1) Why did we fight this war? Was it oil? WMD? Liberation? Saddam? Links to terrorist? 9/11? The administration has never previously, nor effectively now, tells us why. It's almost like some really bad relationship you're in. You don't remember why you got there, and instead just keep telling yourself,"it doesn't matter, I've got to stick with it."

2) Where are the WMD's?!?!?!?! Bartlett reminds us that this was a key justification for SOME people to go into Iraq. They are not there - period.

3) Who armed Saddam in the first place during the Iran/Iraq war? Who put the sanctions, that created the massive corruption the administration charges, in place? And finally who gave the chemical weapons we know he did use against the Kurds - we did! Now, who's there creating even more anti-U.S. sentiment? That would be us.