[Magnum44]

Saddam invaded a sovereign nation in 1991, a nation we had a defense agreement with. We never finished the 91 Gulf War. Saddam violated both intent and letter of the cease fire agreement over the next 10 years. These agreements have to have meaning and consequences if you want to live in a world other than Mad Max like.

Yes Muslims have been in-fighting for centuries. But about every 200 or 300 years they seem to want to spill beyond their wasteland and trouble the rest of us infidels. We either box them, or we kill them. I don’t care which, but both strategies have costs involved.

[binreadin]

I was listening to John Bachelor's show the other night, and he had a guest on who claimed that the North Koreans managed managed the chemical weapons stocks for Syria, AND flew Syrian military jets, as Assad didn't have enough pilots. If true, and I have no reason to think it isn't as true as anything presented here, knowing what we know about N Korean dissemination of weapons technology, that adds a whole new wrinkle. The interview is available on a podcast.