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The Monday after Saddam was captured, I attended a small reception for Senator Feinstein. She made some quite interesting comments about the Iraq War. Sitting on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, she has a unique visibility into the intelligence and the analysis of the threat.

The major concern that led Congress to approve the war was the risk that Saddam could easily distribute batches of chemical and biological weapons to terrorist cells who could then use them within the U.S.

One of the mistakes made by the Anti-War League is to assert that the justification for war must be made beyond a reasonable doubt. The issue is not one of criminal law in which an individual's constitutional rights are in play; rather, it is one of national security. The standard is one of assessing if there is a reasonable risk.

So far, the record of Saddam's brutality, intent to manufacture or acquire weapons and hatred of the U.S. have not been refuted. He was a reasonable risk.