Because Mr. Bush chose to act, we know what capabilities Iraq did -- and did not -- possess, and we've learned how difficult it is to occupy and attempt to reconstruct that country.-Washington Post 10/6/04
"So, it is only thanks [to] Mr. Bush's decision to invade that we can now have the certainty we do about how wrong he was about Iraqi WMD.
Similarly, Bush's decision to invade has gained us invaluable new insights into urban guerilla warfare and how badly an occupation can go wrong.
I think I now have a better understanding of what the president and his supporters mean when they call Iraq a 'catastrophic success.'"
