The frenetic tone I'm speaking about is that Iraq while Iraq was continuing to defy UN orders, the US was attacked on its own soil.
Likewise, while creationists were defying courts, the US was attacked on its own soil.
If the administration's "logic" is as foolish as yours, it is no wonder that we are in deep doo doo.
What do you consider 'the beginning' to be? Pick a card, any card.
My recollection is that the beginning of public discussion was around December 2001, though I could be off by a month or two. It is also my recollection that Byrd (West Virginia) and Durbin (Illinois) were both against it.
I'm not excusing the dems who supported it. Some of them allowed themselves to be befuddled by the misinformation coming from white house, and some of them lacked the courage to stand up for what they knew was right.
I think your uber-leftist views ...
I'm not "uber-leftist".
Avoiding unnecessary foreign entanglement is a
conservative principle. Basing decisions on a careful examination of evidence, instead of indulging in wishful thinking, is a
conservative principle.
Compassionate conservatism - bringing you a kinder, gentler torture chamber