[dalebert]

Powell has been on board all the time. His role calls for deplomacy. He may say one thing publicly but believe me all the Bush team is on board.

[stalin]

What is troublesome is what exactly he is onboard with ? It has become imperative that we take Iraq and occupy it like we did Germany and Japan. We must occupy until we are certain that a pro-American government replaces the current one.

We need to rebuild the oil producing infrastructure and break the back of OPEC by flooding the market with cheap oil. That would pay for the war with economic gain even if we don't keep a portion of the oil proceeds to pay for the war and occupation like we should.