A letter to the Editor (Edited for Content)

Emperor Misha at Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler links to a Letter to the Editor and the hack job that they did editing it: From Beth, at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: bq. How do you judge what's a 'last resort'? bq. John Kerry says that President Bush didn't use war as the last resort. My question is, to what point does a situation get before war is considered the "last resort" and becomes acceptable to Kerry? Do we have to wait until we are attacked? bq. Does anyone doubt that Saddam Hussein would have eventually armed those who would attack us, considering Saddam's army had been firing upon our aircraft (patrolling the no-fly zone, per the ceasefire) for the previous 12 years? Is that not in itself considered an attack? bq. If North Korean or Iranian -- or French, for that matter -- troops repeatedly fired upon our aircraft for 12 years, wouldn't we consider that an act of war? The reply to her letter: bq. Here's what the Washington Post editor that emailed me watered it down to in order to make it look vaguely stupid: bq. John Kerry said that president Bush didn't use war as the last resort in Iraq. bq. Do we have to wait until we are attacked? bq. Does anyone doubt that Saddam Hussein eventually would have armed those who would attack us, considering that his army had been firing upon our aircraft patrolling Thankfully, they did not print this but beejus -- that would have gone out with her name on it if they had. The Liberal Main Stream Media reporting for duty...