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Maybe Cheney said he would tell everyone everything about the Haliburton/Enron scandal if George Bush tried to go for it.

Really? Now I thought he'd started the war on terrorism before he went into Iraq, because he'd done his axis of evil bit before the war in Iraq. He sent inspectors in, but....last time someone was lenient on Saddam not giving inspectors full access, (coughclintoncough) he ended up building up more weapons. Because of course when you're sick, you want to let it build up and wait until you you're in the ER before treating it. In the past we have been lenient with Saddam. In the past, he's gone, made corrupt deals, killed a bunch of people...etc. And what was all that talk about those weapons that got out under Bush's watch? How could they if there were no weapons that scary? Unless of course the Americans got there and started building up weapons, and they were stolen. Cheney has no leverage over him if that's true; Cheney's the one who used to head it. First of all. Second of all, I'm not sure what I think about Halliburton. I wouldn't put it past them, but....We always use the same same contractor when our house needs repairs or something built. He's our friend. Why do we use him? So we can give him money and cut a deal? No, because he does it right, we know he does it right, we've had experience with him fixing everything that needs fixing, he gives us discounts as much as he can, and my family saves a lot of money by hiring him. When you've got experience with a person or company and you know how they do things and what they do and truly think they'll do it the best, why would you NOT use them? And oil. Wouldn't the gas prices be dropping and not rising? It takes oil to keep the troops mobilized. Going to Iraq MIGHT gain a bit more oil, but not enough that it's worth the effort. I dunno, can't say 911 is Bush's fault for not getting it nipped in the bud and then get mad when he nipped Saddam in the bud. I love that satire piece, the one making fun of Bush's axis of evil. It's great.



Sorry, the axis thing made me think of it. Anyway, it was a war on terror before we went to Iraq. We sent inspectors in, yes, but all that was doing was holding Saddam to the agreement he'd made with the Clinton administration to let inspectors in...and it's not like we only went to Iraq. The war on terror can't be won, but neither can we eliminate all murderers. Still need to find and prosecute the ones we can. I guess I'm not really opposed to policing the world; They should (and could) have gotten Hitler way earlier. Instead, he was appeased with "insignificant" countries and got comments about what a fine, smart, strong young man and good leader to get Germany back on its feet. Not from Germans, from the bigger countries. Year or two later they were saying, hmm, well, now he's trying to take over my country, maybe he's not such a great guy. When there is evil out there, and you've got the means to eliminate it or closest thing to it, I feel it's a moral obligation, just like I feel it's my moral obligation to fight for prolife, fight against abuse (human or other animals; I really don't like hurting or killing innocents, and yes I do value an animal life, just not as much as a human life. But woe to the person I see from things like kicking an animal to pulling legs off a daddy longleg to watch it die), fight for what's right. It's not like a nation in a civil war and wouldn't it be neat to give one side bigger guns and see what happens? When people are being treated abominably, I get extremely angry and will do all in my power to stop it.

I haven't read the whole thread so excuse me if this has already been said but I just recently did a report on Roe v. Wade and Roe is actually trying to get it overturned herself.

But for the sake of what this guild's primary objective is....at least for THAT if nothing else....it's a good thing.