RNC Mehlman asks the wrong question

[From the NY Sun]

Mr. Mehlman [Chairman of the Republican National Committee] also defended Mr. Bush's Iraq policy, which Democrats have attacked as unrealistic. "Are the Democrat attacks designed to help us win the war on terror, or are they designed to help them win the next election?" Mr. Mehlman asked.

The proper question to ask is if the war in Iraq has been fought by the Bush administration to win the next election or to actually defend America?

I see no realistic connection between invading Iraq and protecting America other than possibly gaining control of where the oil in Iraq is shipped.

Yes, I totally discount the allegations that terrorism against America has been or is likely to be initiated in Iraq. That was and is nothing more than a rhetorical device used by Republicans to connect the premptive invasion of Iraq to the events of 9/11.

The major purpose of the invasion of Iraq was to give Republicans the edge in the elections of 2002 and 2004. It worked.