Opinions solicited

I believe that peace begins with me and so does bi-partisian communication. We are at war to preserve and to spread democracy. In a democracy we can choose our party affiliation and do so based on our experience and our personal perception of the world we live in. I happen to be a registered democrat. I also happen to have my best political discussions with a Republican, evangelical friend in Texas of all places :-). I love my friend, I don't think of her as "they". In fact thru our courageous and candid sharing we have come to realize that we share many more ideas and hopes and dreams than we have differences. Why is it that human beings seem to focus on differences rather than commonalities? WE do that with different races and cultures, different religions, even different sexes. In is our humanity that connects us, our sense of brotherhood that makes us one.
My question for the day......WE know now there are no WMD's and no direct connection to Saddam Hussein and 911. So given that fact, President Bush still maintains it was the right thing to do to Invade Iraq and that with all he's knows and all that has transpired he would do everything the same. That means he would go before congress, before the American people (you & me alike) and the world body and ask for their support to unilaterally invade a country because its leader was a very bad man, who treated his people very badly and once had and used biological weapons on them...10 years ago. He has not had any weapons since the '91 invasion. He has (had) 2 evil sons who propagated his rein of terror with him. He had no air force to threaten anyone with, no means of threatening anyone beyond his own borders really...but he was a very bad dude with evil intentions. Would our President really have presented those facts as reason to invade a country and send our men and women into harms way. WOuld anyone have voted to let him? I don't think so. Kim Jung Ill, and the Mullahs of Iran have mmore to threaten the world with than old Saddam did. I invite any and all comments and promise to read them with interest and respect.....the gmekeepr