"Iraq was not involved in 9/11, nor was it a military threat ... but it did have ... oil.  Our `decider' got together with Jesus and ... Paul Wolfowitz, former deputy Defense Secretary.... They agreed on a smorgasbord of rationales for throwing Iraq against the wall: ties to 9/11, WMD, Islamic-Fascists, take your pick."

This Iraq War analysis was written by Wayne Evans of Bothell, Washington in a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times that appeared January 31, 2007.  Evans asked succinctly in concluding his letter if cheerleaders for the Iraq War were 1. Crazy. 2. Liars.  3.  Supremely stupid.  

Evans surmised all three.  He felt that the only way to have accountability was to have open hearings to determine who was responsible for the tragedy of the Iraq War.  That would be a vital necessity of a functioning democracy.

Aren't democracy and freedom the reasons why George Bush periodically insists U.S. service personnel are dying for daily in Iraq?  But even for one serviceman or woman to die or be injured in the unneeded Iraq War calls into serious question why all that applause was unleashed while Bush delivered his State of the Union speech.