Well, congress has just handed a loaded gun to the village idiot and his sycophants. I watched the last hour of Senate speeches on C-SPAN last night. Pretty depressing. It's hard to say whether I was watching extreme stupidity or extreme cynicism. There was a litany of terrible things that Saddam has done, most of which the U.S. was either involved in or the U.S. has done the same things. Buy stock in companies that make body bags.

My daughter made the mistake of getting into an argument, at work, about invading Iraq. Her coworkers honestly believe that Saddam was involved in 9-11 and that the U.S. has done nothing in the Middle East to warrant anyone being upset. If ingorance is bliss, then we are living in one blissed out country.

Congress Authorizes Bush to Use Force Against Iraq

The Senate voted overwhelmingly early this morning to authorize President Bush to use force against Iraq, joining with the House in giving him a broad mandate to act against Saddam Hussein. [read more]

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U.S. Has a Plan to Occupy Iraq, Officials Report

The White House is developing a detailed plan, modeled on the postwar occupation of Japan, to install an American-led military government in Iraq if the United States topples Saddam Hussein, senior administration officials said today.

The plan also calls for war-crime trials of Iraqi leaders and a transition to an elected civilian government that could take months or years. [read more]

Japan, in 1945, was *nothing* like Iraq is today. Our goverment is being run by crack heads.

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Revolving-Door Monsters

President Bush and Vice President Cheney portray Saddam Hussein as so menacing and terrifying that one might think they've lain awake at night for years worrying about him.

But when Mr. Cheney was running Halliburton, the oil services firm, it sold more equipment to Iraq than any other company did. As first reported by The Financial Times on Nov. 3, 2000, Halliburton subsidiaries submitted $23.8 million worth of contracts with Iraq to the United Nations in 1998 and 1999 for approval by its sanctions committee. [read more]