Politics is Short Sighted

The continuous attacks on the Bush administration over the war in Iraq are political games being played with the lives of the Iraqi people, US soldiers and the citizens of this great country. Look at this little collection of from 1998 and tell me why we shouldn't be united in completing our goal to rid the world of terrorism.
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(11) On August 14, 1998, President Clinton signed Public Law 105-235, which declared that `the Government of Iraq is in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations' and urged the President `to take appropriate action, in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws of the United States, to bring Iraq into compliance with its international obligations.'...

It is the sense of the Congress that once the Saddam Hussein regime is removed from power in Iraq, the United States should support Iraq's transition to democracy by providing immediate and substantial humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, by providing democracy transition assistance to Iraqi parties and movements with democratic goals, and by convening Iraq's foreign creditors to develop a multilateral response to Iraq's foreign debt incurred by Saddam Hussein's regime.

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"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." Letter to President Clinton. - (D) Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, others, October 9, 1998

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This is not President Bush's war. This is America's war, started by the American government, started to protect the American people, started long before George W. arrived in the white house. We need America to finish the fight. Politics is poisoning the war. Iran is a threat. Syria is a threat. And how deterred can they feel when they see such a divided foe? The anti-war, anti-democratic-Iraq forces of the democratic party are inspiring the terrorists who are killing US soldiers and innocent Iraqi people every day. We need to win this war. Politics stands in the way.