The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday released a report slamming Bush and Cheney for their Iraqi prewar claims. I am not one to defend either man as I feel their prewar lies would be a better term but I am here now to comment on the Congress that failed to do their job in the weeks leading up to the Iraqi war.

There were not that many in either house of Congress who had the backbone to stand up in the weeks before the Iraqi war and question the statements being made by Bush and Cheney. Both Democrats and Republicans were in a rush to war and feared the political ramifications of asking pointed questions of Bush's supporting so called facts in selling the Congress on his war. Congress is supposed to be a part of a system of checks and balances and when they play politics first and simply rubber stamp whatever the President says, then they are not serving the citizens or their country.

Many of the members of the Senate (lack of) Intelligence Committee that released this report had access to the raw intelligence that Bush and Cheney did and simply failed to do their job by not questioning the President before the war instead of waiting until after thousands of Americans have been killed or injured in this generations on going version of Vietnam. Closing the barn door after the war has broken out does no one any good.

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