We forward from the US-weekly THE NATION: 

This week marks the fifth anniversary of Congress's vote to authorize the Bush Administration to overthrow the government of Iraq by military force. In "An Open Letter to Congress," which The Nation published on the magazine's cover on the eve of the vote, we argued that it would have "a significance that goes far beyond the war." Our opposition has been fully, tragically confirmed by the human and political disasters of these last few years.

"As we mark this anniversary," writes Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel in Editor's Cut, "it is time to consider the longterm damage the grievously misconceived 'war on terrorism' has inflicted on our security and relationship with the world." It's also critical to push Congress to take legislative action to renounce the Bush doctrine of 'preventive war.'