-Oil company cartel exploitation of things is one matter -and a seperate matter. -As is George
Bush's foolish swaggering declaration of victory
-and mis-management issues.

The fact is that Iraq sits on top of one of the world's largest oil reserves -and was ruled
by a Stalinist Muslimist dictator who exulted
publicly over the 9/11 attack is quite another.

Oil -and the the position of Iraq geographically
are huge geo-poliitical strategic factors -factors which none of us can-either in the us -Europe or elewhere can ignore...

Unless you yourselves have given up driving cars
and heating your homes. Iraq would've had to have been addressed sooner or later. A real problem with the Bush legacy is that -his father should've taken care of it a decade before.

-And why do Left and Right both ignore the real
need for a no-exceptions civil and military draft?
-Other countries have it -Europe has it. Maybe
we'd all be a bit more sober about things if we'd spent more time outside our comfort zones.

-If one wishes to defend the Iraq involvement
-one should not be squeamish about laying out
the strategic realities of the modern world.

I vivdly remember back in the 70'S -when the Shah
fell -Lefties were all jubilant. 'finally the
US stooge is out!' -I was not among them.

To hate teh Iraq situation is become too reflexive
-and too glib. Too many comfort zone couch princes calling the shots.

-Again -bring back the draft. Oil execs children
-CEOS -trust fund rodents -ALLL MUST SERVE!

BighouseWalt, I think you are a complete nut job. Attacking countries for no good reason is just a bunch of bull shit. War's cost us here at home and the same with military bases all over the world. For goodness sakes get the hell out and stay out. Actually make our tax dollars worth something

A feller named Mike suggests that we parent-block Fox on every Tv you can - work, bars, restaraunts, the folks, neighbors, your red-neck sister's place...

goosebumpy freak, settle down and think

You are mistaken Nada, people are turning fox news (and i use the term news very loosly ) off.

This website is such a waste of time. You will never convince anyone to stop watching/trusting FOX NEWS.

You obviously didn't read the quote, does that sound like a liberal to you? Chris Matthews is a moderate conservative by nature who has changed his outlook on Iraq policy. Sometimes, he is all over the board politically and doesn't make much sense; that's his unique style and many people can't put him neatly in a box.

In any event, that's irrelevent. What is relevent is the vile and despicable Laura Ingraham and her continued sycophantic support for this failed Iraq war and criminal president.

John, even you should know better than to claim Chris Matthews is conservative. Seriously, its getting sad. Just go to newsbusters.org and type in Chris Matthews, then read all of the thousands of posts with videos demonstrating his clear far-left bias.

Democrats, "Do as I say, not as I do."

Sling insults all you want, Matthews remarks were not sarcastic and if you watch him at all you know that. He is no liberal. What he is, is a moderate conservative who has come around to realize he was duped and lied to like all Americans were.

If you can't see Matthews' tounge planted firlmy in his cheek with that quote, than you are an imbecile. The guy has lost all sense of seeming even handedness he once pretended he had, and he is going to blow out an artery someday soon the way the spittle flies as he loses control. He's a former Carter propaganda minister, so what else do you need to know?

Chris Matthews a liberal nut-job? The same Chris Matthews who previously compared Americans who are concerned about the war in Iraq to Osama bin Laden. Does this sound like a liberal nut-job?

"We're proud of our president. Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger, who's physical, who's not a complicated guy like Clinton or even like Dukakis or Mondale, all those guys, McGovern. They want a guy who's president. Women like a guy who's president. Check it out. The women like this war. I think we like having a hero as our president. It’s simple."

That this war is now a disaster and indefensible is obvious to to even conservatives. Chris Matthews included.

Cut back on the meds ok?

Great site, but I wonder if there is one for CNN? Both news channels are equally ridiculous and bad for the mental health of America.

Matthews is one of the biggest liberal nut-jobs around. I believe he should move to IRAN, we would be much better off !!!!

They will attack anyone who confronts them; Republican Allan Greenspan is no different. If Ronald Reagan arose from the grave railing against the Iraq war and claiming it was all for oil; he would be vilified as well.

I heard a quote that said about Iraq "It would have been easier to buy the oil from Iraq then steal it"

Nice editing job. How can you see through those left wing blinders you wear?