[The Electrician]

"I think a weakened, fragmented, chaotic Iraq, which could happen if this isn't done carefully, is more dangerous in the long run than a contained Saddam is now," he told reporters in 1998.

The general's assumption that Hussein was "contained" reveals a dangerous blindness. Surely the general was aware of concepts of asymmetric warfare, yet he cavalierly dismissed any possibility that Hussein could have been a threat.

[roses of sharon]

Containment in Iraq was an immoral policy that consigned millions to tyranny for decades.

Zinni's policy depended entirely on the predictability of a madman with WMD, programs, a history of using them, open support of terrorists, support of the Islamic suicide cultists who have repeatedly threatened the US, Israel, the West, Christians and Jews.

These cultists and their State supporters have been murdering innocents over the globe for decades, with impunity.

Was Zinni prepared to "contain" Saddams wacko sons also? For how many more "no-fly" zone decades? Would the sons have let the UN inspect Iraq?

Zinni is an imprudent man, and a simple contrarian.