Although Senator Kerry deserves to be excoriated for allowing himself to be politically pressured into semi-supporting invasion with a force authorization vote, invading Iraq was nowhere near the political radar screen until Bush gave his disastrous Axis of Evil speech, the speech that set the wrong course for his Presidency and should set your lever-pulling course on Tuesday. The decision to invade and conquer Iraq was and is entirely the property of George W. Bush. It was probably the most disastrous foreign policy decision in our nation's history, and its author should not be given the opportunity to strike again.   more »