Reasons to Go To Iraq (pre-invasion)

• We prevent Iraq from using their already-developed weapons of mass destruction against us. We must be proactive when faced with an imminent threat.
• Iraq provides a haven for terrorists.
• Iraq and al Quaeda are linked.
• Saddam Hussein is a tyrant.

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html

Reasons to Go To Iraq (post-invasion)

• We prevent Iraq from using their to-be-developed weapons of mass destruction against us,
• Saddam Hussein was a tyrant.
• We send a message to other nation-states that we are not to be fucked with. (e.g. Libya)
• We plant the seed of the concept of democracy within a nation in the Middle East.

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040120-7.html

Post-Mortem (common sense)

• The primary reason given to invade was proved to be false.
• The Iraq war is taking money away from efforts to get better intelligence and protect America from actual terrorist threats.
• We have lost the support of nations who were once sympathetic (and could provide support) to our cause of waging a "war on terror".
• Obviously impossible to prove scientifically, but it stands to reason that by occupying a country in that region we are turning people against us who may subsequently become terrorists (or at least sympathetic to terrorists).
• Installing a government by force (democratic or not) onto a people who didn't ask for it is not likely to be successful.
• People are dying.

Don't let this stand! Get pissed off! Make a difference! Write your congressman . And your senator . Be polite, but let them know where you stand. Let's put some pressure on these people to do the right thing. Let's get the hell out of Iraq and get back to a sane order of business.