Friday and Saturday

On Friday we had an interesting discussion at the lunch table. One of the guys was very strongly against the war in Iraq. He was convinced that America knew there were no weapons of mass destruction, that Bush just wanted the Iraqi oil, etc. I had two questions which he seemed unable to answer. Their first I have asked before - has there ever been a nation with the economic and military power of the United States, which has used that power in such a benign manner? The obvious answer is "No". The second question is, if America knew there were no WMD's, why did they claim there were knowing that afterwards they would look foolish? Why did Colin Powell address the UN on this issue? The real answer is difficult for the die-hard anti-american folks to accept - America went to war in Iraq based on a perceived security risk. They honestly thought there were WMD in Iraq, and felt it was too great a risk to their security (and their interests) for Saddam to possess these weapons.

Saturday was a busy day. I washed both my cars, and cleaned up the Ford in preparation for selling it. I also cleaned out the BBQ. Bethany and I went out for lunch together (Joel was last week). Hannah was fussy, so I spent a fair bit of time with her, as well as some really nice time just talking to her and playing with her (arms go up, arms go down). For supper I put a couple of really nice steaks on the BBQ. They were inch thick 22 oz sirloins. Karen made baked potatos and asparagus, and we had fresh strawberries and butter tarts for dessert. No, we don't eat like that all the time (too expensive and too much fat), but every once in a while it's quite nice.