Maureen Dowd, Tony Blair, and Robert Gates on the Iraq War!

Dear Commons Community,

Maureen Dowd has a superb column today on the Iraq War that is most appropriate given the ending of American military involvement this past week.  The column centers mostly on Tony Blair’s decision to enter the war that in turn gave credence to President Bush and Dick Cheney’s Iraq policy.  However, perhaps the best comment belonged to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.   Asked by a reporter if Iraq would have to be a democratic state for the war to benefit U.S. national security, Gates cut to core:

“The problem with this war for, I think, many Americans is that the premise on which we justified going to war proved not to be valid — that is, Saddam having weapons of mass destruction.” He added, candidly: “It will always be clouded by how it began.”   Iraq will be “a work in progress for a long time,” Gates said, and, “how it all weighs in the balance over time, I think remains to be seen.”

So true!!!!

Tony

Maureen Dowd’s column is available at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05dowd.html?th&emc=th

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