Mission Accomplished? The Mission In

Mission Accomplished? The Mission In Iraq, As Laid Out By President Bush And Vice President Cheney, Has Failed.

The Last Un Weapons Inspectors Left Iraq In October Of 1998. We Are Confident That Saddam Hussein Retains Some Stockpiles Of Chemical And Biological Weapons, And That He Has Since Embarked On A Crash Course To Build Up His Chemical And Biological Warfare Capabilities. Intelligence Reports Indicate That He Is Seeking Nuclear Weapons.

There Is No Doubt That Constitutional Freedoms Will Never Be Abolished In One Fell Swoop, For The American People Cherish Their Freedoms, And Would Not Tolerate Such A Loss If They Could Perceive It. But The Erosion Of Freedom Rarely Comes As An All-out Frontal Assault But Rather As A Gradual, Noxious Creeping, Cloaked In Secrecy, And Glossed Over By Reassurances Of Greater Security.

That's What The Senate Is About. It's The Last Bastion Of Minority Rights, Where A Minority Can Be Heard, Where A Minority Can Stand On Its Feet, One Individual If Necessary, And Speak Until He Falls Into The Dust

The Money The President Wants To Borrow For Iraq Will Come Directly Out Of The American Taxpayer Wallets In The Form Of Medicare And Social Security Receipts. That's Your Money