Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death.

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas.

The crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated.

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

Insecurity is failing the American people miserably.

There is no free market in oil.

It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.