Republicans are Still Outspinning Democrats on Iraq:
It's way past time to rephrase the question.
by Chuck Kelly
It's driving me nuts. On TV and radio talk shows, supporters of the Iraq war always start the discussion with "Are we better off because Saddam is no longer the leader of Iraq?" Then they make the following points:
Saddam was a very bad leader who brutalized his own people The Iraqi people are better off without Saddam The U.S. is safer because Saddam is gone, and One more source of world terrorism has been neutralized.The other person in the debate than tries to minimize the above points and cites all the problems we're running into: American casualties, the huge financial costs, and so on. At best, the discussion ends up in a draw.
What needs to be done to turn this around? Anti-war advocates must immediately, every time, repeatedly, and with emphasis, point out that Iraq is not the issue. And whether or not we
