i typically try to avoid these types of debates like the plague. political pissing contests rarely appeal to me -- especially on internet message boards, where everyone knows which online articles are the real ones to listen to.

but i have one serious question, if i may, of which i'm mostly interested in the liberal opinion (emphasized not to exclude the conservatives, but to underscore my belief that most from either side is nothing but sheer speculation)

if the current american administration is so diabolical, why not simply plant nuclear or chemical agents in iraq?

gi joe would walk in, find some vials, be a hero, and prove iraq is the bad guy and the us is the good guy once and for all in a handful of hours.

if "the shrub" (ingenius!) is truly all you make him out to be, wouldn't this have occurred before the second week?