"I believe that we ought to be focusing our efforts first and foremost against those who attacked us on September 11th and who have thus far gotten away with it." -- Al Gore, in a speech September 24, 2002, voicing opposition to a US attack on Iraq.

Has Algore been watching a different war? Osama is dead, or at least irrelevant, the Taliban is out of power, and we have several hundred prisoners. Is that what he calls getting away with it?

"There can be no peace for the Middle East so long as Saddam is in a position to brutalise his people and threaten his neighbors." -- Al Gore, from the June 2000 campaign trail, voicing support for 'regime change' in Iraq. My how his tune has changed.

The question remains for the American public, is Algore just plain stupid, or is he playing politics here?