Seeing Condi Rice talk about the "mushroom cloud," Cheney snarling about bioweapons and nuclear devices, and Colin Powell prostituting himself at the UN sent a chill up my spine.  Then, finally, Bush himself with that deer-in-the-headlights expression on his face, and the scarey voice to deliver the coup de gras about the Niger connection...well, it just made my blood boil. 

But then I began to think, Why is this the very first synopsis of this I have ever seen?  Why am I wondering how CNN had the nerve to do this?  When the hour was over, I expected to see another hour of discussion and comment.  But what did CNN follow up with?  A Marilyn Monroe memory piece.

The UN weapons inspectors were kicked out by George Bush; not Saddam Hussain.  Why?  Because he wanted to invade Iraq on the basis of the weapons that these inspectors were in-country searching for!  See what I mean?  We all know this already, but just putting it down again revives the outrage about this senseless, ill-conceived war.

I personally want to congratulate CNN for having the fortitude to pull it together and put it on the air.  Only if we all get behind them and show that we admire and support this kind of effort will it continue.

I hope everyone will email them and send them kudos.  Maybe next time they will go the extra mile and actually discuss what they have laid out for all of us to see.

Thanks,  Jan Knaus