Reply #40: Yes, but I supported the war anyway, in spite of what I assumed were lies. [View All]

I'm one of those foolish New Republic-reading Democrats who believed all the stuff you posted; but more importantly to me, I thought our ongoing policy of containment was producing more misery to ordinary people than would be likely to occur with a short, victorious military campaign.

Y'see, I'm one of those foolish New Republic-reading Democrats who had faith in the ability of our military and intelligence community to use the resources they had to secure a relatively small country, restore order, and create a new government after a few months of martial law.

which is why I'm probably more pissed than your average Joe about the way Bush has botched this (or not botched it, but purposely made it painful and difficult, depending on how cynical I'm feeling on a given day.)