You are a smart guy, but you must remember that the inspectors left because we were going to attack and therefore inspections were moot. And speaking of inspectors, they were given access even to Saddam’s Palaces, which you’ll recall was a significant problem with previous inspections.

Colin Powell said we knew where the weapons were before our invasion. If that was the case, we should have sent the inspectors to those sites and waited for the results before attacking. If weapons had been found it would have been much easier to build an actual coalition.

I do agree that all parts of the U.N. resolutions were not followed, but all evidence points to the fact that the most important parts, the removal of weapons of mass destruction were carried out. Recent reports say that the weapons have probably been gone for several years.

I’m surprised you said shoot first and ask questions later. I’ll bet your pizza delivery guy is nervous on late night deliveries (my poor attempt at humor). It’s as though we felt we had to attack someone, anyone.

Now much does it bother you that our military is stretched to the breaking point in the wrong country when there are larger, more credible threats in several other areas?