Senseless to ask GOP about Iraq

I am getting sick and tired of the left wing media beating up on every Republican candidate with the “Knowing what you now, would you have invaded Iraq” question. That’s what we use to call a “Are you still beating you wife?” question. How about, “Knowing only what Bush knew, would you have invaded Iraq?

Remember, the best intelligence services in the world, including Mossad, said Saddam was trying to acquire nuclear material. Remember, he had used chemical weapons on the Iranians, he had used biological weapons on the Kurds and the Shiites. Remember the Israelis had taken out his reactor at Osirac during the Reagan administration, and remember the man was a paranoid, homicidal dictator.

So, what would you have done, remembering that you are responsible for the security of the United States?

OK, how about this question for Hillary: Knowing what you know now, would you have withdrawn our troops, against the advice of all our top military advisers? Remember the lesson we learned in Vietnam: You can’t win a political war, particularly if you announce the withdrawal date.

Those who fail to heed history’s lesson are doomed to repeat it.

Jeff Crocker

Lake Stevens