We Need To Make It Clear That

Americans Were Told Repeatedly By President Bush And Vice President Cheney That Iraq Had Weapons Of Mass Destruction. None Were Ever Found.

As This Body Of Knowledge Has Evolved, A Much More Critical Job For Researchers And Scientists Has Evolved Into Explaining And Educating Policy Makers And The Public To The Risks Of Global Warming And The Possible Consequences Of Action Or Of No Action.

America Has Lost The Moral High Ground With The Rest Of The World, And We Have Fewer Allies As A Result. President Bush And His Administration Have Undermined The War On Terror By Using Tactics Outlawed By International Treaty And Condemned By Even Our Closest Friends.

Yet, If We Accept The Solution Offered Today By This Bill To Explore And Develop For Oil On The Coastal Plain Of Anwr, It Will Be 5 Years, At Least, And Probably Closer To 8 Before The First Barrel Of Oil Flows From That Effort.

So A Truthful Assessment Of How America Is Doing In The War On Terror As A Result Of President Bush's War On Iraq Is That We Have Been Set Back By Decades.