The full mast stupid was directed at GW Bush, if he actually believed in what he was saying.  I don't believe he did. I believe he knew full well they were going in there for other reasons, and the terrorism/WMD's/global threat was a bunch of bull.

You said Hussein's Iraq was not to have been thought to have terrorist ties.  Claims were being made to the contrary by our government, which is what I posted.  It didn't mean I believed it (I didn't).  

Our government has vilified many other countries to justify our use of force on them.  We make out N. Korea to be some huge violator of human rights.  Considering how many wars we've started in the name of some flag-waving garbage, which turned out to be nothing to begin with, I'd say our dropping of bombs killing hundreds of thousands in the process doesn't give us much of a right to point the "humane" finger at others.