>are you denying that Iraq didn't become a terrorist hotbed until AFTER the invasion?

I do not deny that, but I also think that the Saddam regime was one of terror. Did you see the video that was out there a while back where they were throwing bound dissidents off of four-story buildings? There's also the mass graves, persecution of the Kurds, and so on. I'm not saying the Abu Ghirab incident was anything to be proud of, but it was relatively meek in comparison.

>>4: Agreed, there could have been a bit more rationality there. However, I also think that it really wasn't as big and scary as people tried to make it out to be, in its application if not in its actual text. At the same time, we should remember this incident and, should a similar national crisis happen in the future, I hope Congress remembers this whole snafu and doesn't let something seriously damaging pass through.