In hindsight of many years we can second guess that British intelligence but in 2003 a British Parliamentary committee look at those reports and pronounce it "reasonable". Well in my book "reasonable" means likely true and certainly true enough when coupled with all the others facts of the case.

Taking bits and pieces out of context will not serve the truth. Even Harry Reid talked about all the other reasons besides WMDs that war with Iraq was justified. Will he be charged? No, nobody committed a crime.

What next? Should we fire all the liars in the media and have no "journalism"? [lol]

So what would happen with a Hagel candidacy. At first blush, as a republican, he would be most likely to take republicans with him. But on the other hand, part of what he will do is split the "I hate Bush and the Iraq war" vote between him and the democrat (baring something really weird happening in the democratic primaries). Since there seems to be so little cohesion beyond "this sucks" in the anti-war crowd, any split I think is likely to hurt the democrats more. Once you get past the "I don't like the war", then those voters get to decide do I want the candidate who wants to do away with free elections (e.g. eliminating secret ballots for the union votes) or someone else.

On the other hand, if Rudy took the GOP nod and McCain ran as an independent, that would likely hurt the republicans more. And likewise if Gore, Obama, Hillary or Edwards went the independent route, that would clearly hurt the democrats more.

Mistakes are not lies and mistakes are not necessarily criminal conduct.

Saying that Saddam tried to buy uranium from Niger after the Brits told us the story was bogus is a lie, a lie by omission but a lie nonetheless.

Terror was on the minds of everyone, and nobody questioned anything, quite frankly.”

Actually some of us have been questioning all along. But we're troop hating traitors so of course no one listened until the damage was done.

Because the administration has successfully prevented any damaging information from coming out or obscuring the information that does, it's clear they shouldn't be prosecuted for any crimes they may have committed

I'm still in awe of your philosophy.

It's not trope; and information continues to dribble out month by month to support it. Nobody who loves this country ought to support a president lying to get us into a war of choice - whether that president is JFK, LBJ, or GWB.

The lies that Bush, Cheney, Rice, and others told to launch the war on Iraq are more than adequate to justify impeachment and removal from office.

It is after all against the law of nations, and therefore against the laws of the United States which has adapted the relevant laws here, to start a war without just cause. It is also against these laws to employ torture. Bush and others in his administration are guilty of both starting an illegal war and of employing torture.

Justice requires not only impeachment but also prosecution for war crimes.