War As a Political Product

In a major speech today, Sen. Ted Kennedy said the Iraq war was a ''political product'' marketed by the Bush administration to win elections. ''The war has made America more hated in the world,'' Kennedy said. ''And it has made our people more vulnerable to attacks both here and overseas.''

I don't think any reasonable person would argue with this. It is also the case, however, that Saddam was a tyrant and deserved to be deposed. But as I have commented previously, without a clear and present danger -- the immediate threat posed by WMDs and bio-terror weapons that Pres. Bush assured America and the world Saddam possessed and was ready to use -- then the only reason to go to war was to protect the human rights of Iraqis. I personally don't think the war can be justified on that basis alone and am convinced that the electorate would opposed the war if it were presented in that correct fashion.

 Posted by glenn