1. The seven minutes of sitting there reading My Pet Goat happened after the second plane hit. This is not disputed by anyone in the Administration.
  2. The Senate saw the intelligence the White House wanted them to see and the summaries prepared by the Administration (mostly the Pentagon). They were duped along with us.
  3. The movie doesn’t denigrate those who’ve served. It shows what happened, and shows the soldiers in recovery.
  4. Having the Commander in Chief kneel by someone’s bed means nothing to me. He sent those guys in there on false premises, had no plan for getting out and has turned the Iraq into chaos.
  5. The Clinton Administration set the policy for urging the removal of Saddam Hussein. No one’s disputing that either. The problem is in timing, the rationale and the planning that went into carrying it out. Yes, Saddam is no longer in power, and that alone, independant of everything else, is a good thing. But, we’ve created a disaster, caused the death or wounding of over 60,000 people, and there’s no end in sight.
  6. For me, this is no longer about intentions. It’s about consequences. I don’t care what the President’s motives are anymore. The consequences of his decisions and policies are disastrous.