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Andrew C. McCarthy on Iraq

It’s All About 9/11
The president links Iraq and al Qaeda — and the usual suspects moan.

…On September 12, 2001, no one in America cared about whether there would be enough Sunni participation in a fledgling Iraqi democracy if Saddam were ever toppled. No one in lower Manhattan cared whether the electricity would work in Baghdad, or whether Muqtada al-Sadr’s Shiite militia could be coaxed into a political process. They cared about smashing terrorists and the states that supported them for the purpose of promoting American national security.

Andrew C. McCarthy on Iraq on National Review Online