Thanks for agreeing with my analogy, Al. Now imagine that certain groups want to "nail" the cops for going after me after I've committed those offenses. Let's say that they claim the cops were lying about the guns, or that the mayor was lying, or somebody else was lying.
In essence, that's what we have with GW right now. For thirteen years the global community said Saddam was a threat, that he had WMD's, was working on more, and was willing to use them again. France said it, the UN said it, President Clinton said it, Al Gore said it, the CIA said it, John Kerry said it, Germany said it...everybody said it. Now, it's boiled down to a stupid bumper-sticker slogan: Bush lied.
What's even worse about the critics of GW is that they're ignoring every other reason he presented as reason to go into Iraq. He said it would be a tough battle, and it is. He said the fight on terror would take place all over the world, and it has and will be. He said that Hussein was one of the most murderous thugs in recent history, and we're now witnessing the extent of his regime's brutality.
In 1933, the population of Germany was about 67 million people. Iraq's population is about 25 million. Hussein murdered over one million of his own countrymen in the last 15 or so years. Hitler killed many more than one million.
So, does Hussein get a pass for being somewhat less of a thug than Hitler? That's what I hear from my liberal, anti-war neighbors (and I'm not including you in that category, by the way, since I don't even know your positions on the issue).
There were so many reasons to go after Hussein--strategic, defensive, humanitarian, economic--that the "Bush Lied" crowd look like fools.