Memo to Andrew: Times change

This from Andrew Sullivan's site today:

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. So I think we got it right, both when we decided to expel him from Kuwait, but also then the president made the decision that we'd achieved our objectives and we were not going to go get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq... All of a sudden you've got a battle you're fighting in a major built-up city, a lot of civilians are around, significant limitations on our ability to use our most effective technologies and techniques. Once we had rounded him up and gotten rid of his government, then the question is what do you put in its place? You know, you then have accepted the responsibility for governing Iraq." - vice president Dick Cheney, 1992. If John Edwards doesn't use this in his debate, he's nuts.

Andrew, times change. It was once okay to just keep Saddam in his box. September 11th changed everything. As a resident of of the NYC metropolitan area, I can not wait for a threat to materialize and threaten my life, my wife, my kid, my home.

No.

Saddam Hussein was dangerous delusional nutcase who could have cause very real damage to me and mine. And it's a damn good thing he rots in a prison as I type these words. Next, on to syria and Iran. (Syria first, thus isolating the mullahs).

If this is real...

There is some information our out of Iran today that fighting has erupted between the ruling theocracy and pro-democracy forces. If this is the case, the world is about to change.

Let's keep our fingers cross, shall we?

dpny