Says It All

"Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who deserves his own special place in hell. But that was not in and of itself a reason to go to war. The satisfaction that we take in his downfall does not hide this fact: We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.

Iraq was a profound diversion from that war and from our greatest enemy, Osama bin Laden and the terrorists. Invading Iraq has created a crisis of historic proportions. And if we do not change course, there is the prospect of a war with no end in sight. . . . Let me put it plainly: The president's policy in Iraq has not strengthened our national security. It has weakened it."

--John Kerry