Senator Clinton's and Governor Palin's appearance at an anti-Mahmoud Ahmadinejad protest was canceled. In a political squabble, the importance of spotlighting the evils of Ahmadinejad took a back seat to the pettiness of people who know not who the real enemy is.

People are claiming Iraq was a distraction from hunting Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. 

If we had ignored Iraq, a weakened Saddam Hussein would have fallen to Iranian supported influences in Iraq. Saddam Hussein said after he was captured that he deliberately made it look like he had weapons of mass destruction so that he would not appear weak to his rebellious population or his neighbors. He consciously fooled the world making transportable WMD factories that may or may not actually be able to make anything in an effort to look as if he had a working production ability. He did not think America would actually do anything about any WMD's he may or may not have. The WMD he did actually have where air lifted out of Iraq to Syria at the beginning of the invasion according to his Air Marshall.

The war became a necessity, not just because Saddam Hussein was deliberately fooling the world into believing he had WMD, but because America had earned a reputation as a paper tiger due to liberals always hemming and hawing on any deliberate action from provocations. When U.N. inspectors where unable to confirm or deny the existence of WMD, America's hand was forced because of the reputation as a paper tiger earned by liberal policy makers into action.

By replacing Saddam Hussein, Iran has a democratic government on it's borders to set an example on how a country should be run for the people of the Middle East, and America doesn't have Iraq controlled by any puppet government of the Iranian Theocracy that would surely have resulted if Iran realized how weak Saddam Hussein was to being overthrown.

Foreign fighters, the Jihadists from all over the world, would have concentrated in Afghanistan. Fighting a one front war against a democracy going through its birthing pains instead of being split up against two. Divide and conquer is a long standing military strategy that works wondrously.

By having the wanna be Jihadists fighting in a country where they would not always get sympathy from the population it would be easier to defeat them. Allowing Al-Qaeda to ally with Iraqi insurgency factions prolonged the war way to long. As soon as the Iraqi's realized America was not a paper tiger and was there to stay until the job was done they approached America to cut deals to switch sides. The brutality of Al-Qaeda on it's allies didn't help endear them much to the Iraqi's either. When America's military kept going and going, shedding blood and life and helping the Iraqi's despite the turmoil and loss, the paper tiger reputation was slowly eroded away.

The CIA and NSA discover evidence Iran has developed nuclear weapons and dirty bomb technology. Iran plans to supply nuclear bombs to terrorist groups who want to transport them to America and Israel in suicide bombing attacks. The President calls an emergency meeting of the best cabinet his party was able to provide to plan a course of immediate action to thwart this threat to American lives.

Secretary of the Interior says “I vote we should double the guards on all National Parks in Northeast Alaska so the caribou aren’t harmed.”

Secretary of Education says ” I vote we should provide free education to the madrases educated Muslim terrorists so they can learn the errors of their ways.”

Secretary of Defense says “I vote we withdraw all troops from anywhere near Iran so they don’t feel threatened.”

Secretary of Commerce says “I vote we sanction the Iranian government and stop selling them American made goods so our citizens aren’t burdened with money from their citizens.”

Secretary of Homeland Security says “I vote we place the names of the people in the Iranian government on the ‘do not fly’ list.”

Secretary of State says “I vote we open an ‘office of communications’ in Iran and talk to them so they will understand us and our common grounds.”

President Obama says “I have carefully considered the matter and have drawn upon my omnipotent judgement abilities and I vote ‘Present’.”

Junior Senator Barack Obama has always advocated a ‘no preconditions before talking’ stance in his ideas on foreign policy. This is an incorrect path in dealing with an implacable enemy, and one of several foreign policy mistakes he has advocated.

He oppposed the Iraq troop surge, announcing it would not quell violence nor allow the Iraq government time to build it’s strength and mature. It has done a great deal towards both but he won’t admit to it. He does however advocate a surge in Afghanistan to help quell the violence there. Although if he thinks it didn’t work in Iraq I can’t figure out how he thinks it will work in Afghanistan.

He supports raising taxes to grow the economy. History has shown that lowering taxes stimulates the economy and increases tax revenues paid, not raising taxes. Lower taxes increases employment as companies have more cash to hire with. More emplyees at companies means more hands to gow and build the company and more people employed to pay taxes. Two employees paying 20% is better than one employee paying 30%.

He has made several bad judgement decisions, his track record for making correct decisions is …ummm zero!

He advocated talking to Iran about it’s nuclear program without any previous concessions from Iran. President Bush sent an observer to the talks between the E.U. and Iran. Not to talk or deal, but seen by Iran as a move by the U.S. towards talking. What did this step towards Junior Senator Obama’s policy idea get? Two days later, Iran announces it refuses to cooperate with the IEAE. A week later, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has gone from 3000 uranium-enriching centrifuges to 6000.

What would be the result of actualy ‘talking’ to Iran without preconditions? Perhaps a nuclear bombing of Israel 2 days later.

 Since 1979 Iran has been on an influence agenda worldwide and in particular in the middle east.

Support of Hezbollah with money and weapons has caused murder and mayhem in Lebanon. Lebanon at one time was considered the Riviera of the Middle East. Now as a result of the religious fanatics of Hezbollah, Lebanon is a democracy struggling to survive.

Support of Hamas has created a civil war within the Palestinian’s between the Hamas and Fatah factions. Halting any progress the Palestine’s had made in their effort’s to make peace with Israel and regain their lost lands. Hamas had bought the votes of the Palestinian people with the support of the Iranians. As soon as they where in power, they moved to change the Palestinian democratic system to a religious dictatorship model similar to Iran’s.

Iran’s research and development of nuclear technologies is acknowledged by Iran. There is a dispute about wether it is only for peacefull purposes, or if they are developing nuclear weapon technologies. Considering Iran’s President Ahmadinejad’s speech’s where he says his country would like to see Israel wiped off the map, nuclear weaponry would not be outside of their interests to achieve their goals.

Insurgency support in Iraq with money and weapons such as the explosive formed penetrating warhead has lead to deaths of the Iraq and Coalition troops trying to bring peace and stability to people who have lived under an oppressive dictatorship for decades.

Now there are reports of possible biological weapons research on endangered species monkeys being imported to Iran from Africa ( http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8919 ).

In the past, Iraq was a relatively strong country and was a buffer against Iran. Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, became a problem for the rest of the world, not just his own country’s population, during the early 1990’s. As a result of his invasion of Kuwait, his armed forces where severely cut back in force. To try to remain as an image of strength, he allowed he world to believe he had WMD type weapons in stock and under developement. He built sham developement sites and vehicles to perpetuate this image. He did not believe the U.S. would attack him over this and he would be able to maintain some semblance of an image of strength in his country. This miscalculation by Saddam Hussein resulted in his military deposition by Coalition forces.