[Jake0001]

I doubt it.

I imagine he'll try to rehash the same crap thats been broadcasted ad nausium for the past decade in a new light.

Don't forget your "Evil Saddam Bingo Card". Draw a tic-tac-toe grid and put any of the below in any arrangement around the center one which is "free".

"Saddam is trying to build nukes"
"Saddam has chemical and biological weapons"
"Saddam gassed his own people"
"Saddam finances the Palestinians"
"Saddam 'threatens' us and our allies"
"Saddam's Iraq is part of the 'Axis of Evil'"
"Saddam is harboring al Qaeda"
"Saddam sponsors global terrorism"
"Saddam is starving his own people"
"Saddam instigated the Sept 11th attack"
"Saddam threatens stability in the ME"
"Saddam / Satan could the similarity be coincidental?"
"Saddam plans on using his anti-aircraft batteries to shoot down Santa on Christmas Eve - thus the urgent timetable"
"Saddam has caused this recession"
"Saddam is the reason gas isn't free"
"Saddam invented and unleashed the West Nile Virus, AIDS, cancer, saturated fat, fire ants and chiggers on the US"

The facts are that Saddam is a two-bit dictator barely clinging to power. He has tenuous (if any) control over the north and south thirds of his nation. And if he does develop a nuke, how does he get it anywhere? His only good option would be to attach it to a scud (unarmed) and hopes that it arms itself en route and detonates close enough to its target to do its damage. Iran and Syria would seize it for themselves if he tried to smuggle it over their lands. If the Israelis see it, they'll take it out even if it means leveling Annan, Jordon. Over land through our "no-fly" zones? Right.....

The problems I see with this imminent war are these:

We're taking the battle to Saddam.
We're assuming we'll sustain minimal casualties.
We're assuming that we can stabilize Iraq with minimal manpower - when Saddam can't with all he has.
We're assuming that this war will be quick, easy and clean.
We're assuming that no external forces will interfere with our work.

Maybe Bush's plans and assumptions are good.......

[BlackVeil]

Interesting list. Especially this point: "We're assuming that this war will be quick, easy and clean." Indeed, that is the assumption.

I would add another point to your list. We are assuming that the war in Afghanistan is over. But I do not think it is over until we are able to withdraw our troops, and there are many possible complications in the present situation.