Certainly there is a whole Bush-hating contingent, but the funny thing is the people who have led the charge on it being an “unjust war” were just as pro-war that Bush was, if not more, than Bush himself.
Just to give you a sample of what those accusing Bush of war-mongering said at the time:
“I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.”
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002.
“We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.”
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.
“Iraq’s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.”
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.
“Hussein has … chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.”
Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999.
“Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.”
Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998.
“He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983.”
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
“[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq’s refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.”
Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998.
And of course, President Bill Clinton, who undoubtedly lusted after the initial popularity (before the media spin) of the war that Bush gained after 9/11, had these things to say at the time:
“One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.”
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998.
“If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program.”
President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998.
It is sad that partisan misinformation is so rampant that the world views us as being a party of war-mongering Republicans in power, and compassionate Democrats out of power. Don’t believe it; I’ve met with political leaders of both parties and neither side has a corner on the righteousness market.
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Also you guys are predominantly Christian right? But those guys were SMILING in the photos of arab men (some innocent) being tortured. But i wanna point out I’m not anti american. I mean if for nothing else Catholic answers is proof of the goodness over there. I just want to see how many educated Catholics feel about the war considering it was founded on well lets face it fallacies.
At last count, the New York Times has run over 200 front page articles on Abu Graib alone. Bear in mind that the Abu Graib prison scandal came to light and had been stopped by an internal Army investigation, long before the newspapers got wind of it. Head-sawing doesn’t seem to get nearly the same treatment, except on Al Jazeera, and there for the wrong reasons. But let some guard place a book on the ground, and let the sparks fly!!
