united states. october 7th, the military launched operation enduring freedom. attacking al qaeda and the taliban regime in afghanistan. before the year was out, the taliban lost control of the country but the low-grade war would continue almost a decade, posing a serious challenge to american will, next, administration set its sights on iraq. a dangerous foe was believed to be building wupgs, and violating un sanks and dick cheney became a strong advocate for the war. there is no doubt that saddam hussien now has weapons of mass destruction. there is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends and against our allies and against us. it was a radical turn from the first gulf war, when he said we should not spill american blood to force saddam from power. what changed?