The deposing of Hussein has opened up the region to a staggering number of new possiblities.

Such as?

take the insurgency out

Don't make me laugh. For every insurgent we kill, many more are inspired to join their ranks. It is a vicious cycle. There are small boys in Iraq right now that will be blowing up military convoys 10 years from now. The insurgency will never end as long as we are there.

Most of the terrorists who would be plotting terror attacks on the homeland are now IN Iraq.

Thanks for saving me the trouble of pointing that out once again.

Equating Iraq with Vietnam is an insult to the soliders of both wars.

WTF??? How can it be an insult to the veterans of Vietnam if everything is as rosy in Iraq as you would have me believe?

I'm not promoting torture at all, but rough interogation isn't torture; waterboarding and the like inflicts no permanent harm on them.

Wow. I'm almost positive that they would disagree with you.