Move over slavery!

Calling the Iraq war "the worst strategic mistake in the entire history of the United States" and "worse than a civil war," former Vice President Gore urged President Bush to find a way to get U.S. troops out of Iraq "as quickly as possible without making the situation worse" while appearing this morning on NBC’s "Today."


Yes, that's right, the war in Iraq is worse than slavery, internment of Japanese-Americans, Sacco & Venzetti, capital punishment, slaughter of American Indians, smallpox infected blankets, dropping atomic bombs on Japan, firebombing Dresden.....

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