Thanks to Claudia from the blog, [url=http://www.freedomofthought.com/archives/000660.html]Freedom of Thought[/url] for her post which gives us a list of questions for Howard Dean. Really, what we would say is that these are the questions that Bush supporters, and liberals who oppose Dean, would love to have him answer; preferably on Hannity & Colmes before a live studio audience. Anyway, here are the questions, which were originally published by [url=http://www.townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/rl20031229.shtml]Rich Lowry[/url]:
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A lot of bloggers are talking about a comic which was recently published from the series “Pearls before Swine.” Its syndicated, but not all over the country as of yet, so if you want to see it, [url=http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20031228.html]just visit the page where it is published. [/url]

Let me just say this, if even [b]one[/b] bomb was detonated in the US killing six children and we knew who was responsible, there is no doubt in mind that the our military would soon be on their trail. Not only that, no rat hole would be deep enough to save them… right?

This kind of tragedy has happened, not once, but hundreds of times in Israel over the years. Perhaps those who so quickly critisize their policies against terrorism should first try and put themselves in their shoes.

Its a Tuesday morning and your little boy or girl is finishing their breakfast. You are preparing for your day, but you make sure they have their lunch, or money for lunch, and check the clock to make sure they don’t miss the bus for school. You bundle them up in their coat, give them a kiss, or a hug, or both, and send them on their way… and the next time you see them, its as a burned and shredded corpse in the morgue.

They were innocent, and because of that, they were targeted, which is exactly what terrorists do. That same morning, they were looking for a target that would take the most innocent lives, cause the most heartache, and, ironically, earn them (in their twisted minds) a special seat in heaven.

Which group would you rather support? Think about it.

David Flanagan
Viewpointjournal.com

Politics and the 2004 Presidential campaign aside, both Democrats as well as Republicans in Washington have long known that Saddam Hussein was doing everything in his power to violate the UN sanctions imposed on him and to rebuild his military capability. Unfortunately for all of us, the political silly season is now in full swing and the war in Iraq is just too valuable a political topic for President Bush’s opponents to ignore. As such they have continually hammered him on two topics:

1) Where is Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein and why have we not gotten them?
2) Where are the WMD and why have we not discovered them?

Well, part of the first question was answered recently with Saddam Hussein’s arrest, after he gave up without a fight (as cowards often do when confronted by superior power), and the second question looks as if it is on its way to being answered as well. A very detailed and comprehensive article published today in the LA Times entitled [url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-iraqarms30dec30,1,7925533.story?coll=la-home-headlines]Banned Arms Flowed Into Iraq Through Syrian Firm[/url] gives us the first true picture of how Saddam was able to easily get around the UN sanctions imposed on his regime and purchase all kinds of weapons and supplies that were on the list of sanctioned materials. While the issue of WMD purchases or shipments is still up in the air, this at least is a very solid beginning in uncovering a highly organized and secretive operation which was, apparently, easily avoided detection by UN inspectors.

I would say the other valuable lesson taught in this article is why the President acted with such urgency against Saddam and did not give inspectors more time as so many of his opponents seemed to want. If the President suspected even half of what has been recently revealed, then I think the American people will understand how justified he was in taking such decisive action against Hussein.

To the Democrats in Washington I can only say that I’m sorry. None of the information you see in this article is going to do much to help your party in November of 2004. Next time, you might want to moderate your stance a bit rather than gambling on the honesty of a man like Saddam Hussein.

David Flanagan
Viewpointjournal.com