I believe the Iraq War, the war that we as liberals have been castigating George Bush for getting us into, is the litmus test for my Presidential vote. The war that Dick Cheney's Halliburton has made billions off of. The same war that gave us the Abu Graeb torture scandal. The war that created a private mercenary Army beholden to no government. The war that has killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, maimed and injured tens of thousands civilians and US military personnel. The very war that has left almost four thousand American soldiers dead. The war that has produced numerous scandals like the Valerie Plame outing.
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