Got dizzy reading
The statements by the President, Vice President, and others in the Administration that their goal is to change the regime in Baghdad have increased the incentive for Saddam Hussein to strike against us. In the previous war, he did not use his chemical and biological weapons against Americans because he knew that the retaliation would be more than he was willing to accept. However, if Hussein is convinced that we are determined to remove him from power, he may decide he has nothing to lose by attacking our nation first.
The Bush Administration and Congress have now reached the point where we must decide whether we can allow Saddam Hussein to continue to rule Iraq, knowing that he has the means and the motivation to strike against the United States. We also know that U.N. weapons inspections alone can never provide the security that the citizens of our nation deserve.
I completely agree with the CIA\ufffds assessment that the Administration\ufffds determination to remove Hussein from power greatly increases the chances that Iraq will launch terrorist attacks against Americans. With the chances for an Iraqi-sponsored terrorist attack increasing every day, I see no alternative but to approve the use of force to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
Think about this for a moment. We must remove Saddam because he is a threat to us. Why is he a threat to us? Because we have already decided to remove him.
The whole thing is an argument so circular it made me dizzy.
Jay