What we have here Mr. Cribley is a failure to communicate and to see the bigger picture. In Erik Cribley’s Letter to the Editor yesterday, he refers to connections between Iraq and al-Queda as justification for the preemptive strike.There are connections between Osama bin Laden and the U.S.; there are connections between the Taliban and the U.S; there are connections between the U.S. and Saddam Hussein. All these connections show is you deal with who you have to deal with in order to advance your interests whether it be the U.S. or Iraq under Saddam Hussein.We helped train the Muhjadeen (Islamic extremist armies) to fight our proxy war in Afghanistan, and in the process, created a well-trained and malintentioned fighting force that turned on us in the most vicious and horrific way in 2001. We assisted Saddam with weapons and logistics during the Iran-Iraq conflict, and we turned a blind eye to his use of chemical weapons in that battle as well as the gassing of the Kurds after the first Gulf War something we like to bring up as justification, in addition to the al-Queda link, that didn’t bother our leaders at the time.Lets also not forget that extremists are more dangerous to the Middle East than they are to us. It is common practice to fund and offer safe harbor to these terrorists in order to deflect their anger from much of the corrupt leadership Hussein included towards other sources, usually Israel, other corrupt leaders in the region and Western influence. Saudi Arabia has about the shadiest history of paying off radicals and funneling money to charitable fronts for terrorsit organizations, but of course they do not support terrorism. How do we know?Because Bush is friends with the Saudi royals, he’s seen their children grow up and their purchases of American weaponry skyrocket. They have a working, amiable relationship. They wouldn’t be so careless with their friend’s safety, unless of course they were more concerned with their own.Check it out, Cribley and Colmes. Nobody believes this war is justified anymore so don’t waste anybody’s time reciting the same stuff we were force fed more than two years ago. The only reason the public wants to stay is for the honor of our soldiers that’s why we are trying to push through an Iraqi constitution that is sub-par and probably will result in a civil war when we pull out. But hey we gave it our best shot, nation-building is tough!