Hold onto your wallets!

[wondersofwine]

I know I should probably hold my tongue, but...our current President had one war to fight--against terrorism, especially Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Iraq was not an Al Qaeda stronghold before we went in there. Bush was determined to have a war against Iraq and his administration deceived the Congress and country into believing it was necessary. Now look at the mess we are in. I will admit that I reluctantly came to the conclusion that we might have to take on Saddam Hussein after reading the book "Saddam's Bombmaker" which suggested that Saddam was close to making or securing atomic weapons. It now appears that he was further away from his goals than we thought. Iraq didn't pose an immediate threat to the U.S. but Bush was determined to go to war. God bless all our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq (and get them home soon). We lost another Special Forces soldier in Afghanistan this past week--one that used to come to the library and sign up to use the computers.