AL ZARQAWI

In March, MSNBC reported that the US had several opportunities prior to our invasion of Iraq to kill al-Zarqawi but chose not to follow through even though there were military solutions for bombing his location, or using cruise missiles. The suggestion may be that if the Bush administration struck this particular "cell" then their justifications for war with Iraq would be less viable. The only known connection between al Qaeda and the country of Iraq (not necessarily the government of Iraq) would have been taken out without the invasion--we certainly wouldn't be seeing the same amount of destruction in Iraq today, would we? Of course, the opposite could be true...who is to say. The thing that irritates me is that the Bush Administration wants to blame Clinton for not taking care of bin Laden when he had the chance. Can we say, "Hello pot. You look awfully like the kettle today."