The Chimp In Charge States The Obvious

In an AP story today, president Bush is quoted as saying "NATO has the capability and I believe the responsibility to help the Iraqi people defeat the terrorist threat that's facing their country."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but before we invaded their country without provocation, there was no terrorist threat facing Iraq. Since the war began, the website http://www.iraqbodycount.net has been keeping track of reported civilian deaths in Iraq, many recent of whom have been killed by this new terrorist threat. The total is listed as a minimum and a maxiumum, according to numbers reported in dozens of global news sources including ABC News, AP, The Christian Science Monitor, The International Herald Tribune, the Red Cross, Human Rights Watch and the Sydney Morning Herald. The most recent figures have the minimum at 9,436 and the maximum at a staggering 11,317.

As I was writing this, the following came in from CNN:

-- A suspected car bomb in the Iraqi city of Hillah killed 17 and wounded 40 others, a coalition military official said.

I guess those numbers just went up.

Does this sound like a just war to you? Didn't think so.