[No Longer Free State]

Airpower could have taken out *anything* deemed militarily offensive on the ground routinely, on short notice. *Including* his capacity to produce oil for offensive purposes. Piece of cake. We've done it in other wars and it worked very well.

Then how do you explain the missiles that hit Kuwait? Or the ones we found after the invasion? Air Power is not the be-all end-all. Even the USAF is begining to realize that since Operation Allied Force (Balkans) and the hunt for UBL. You have to identify targets before you can bomb them. That's pretty tough to do in many circumstances for instance when you're after terrorists intermingled with the populace.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Then how do you explain the missiles that hit Kuwait? Or the ones we found after the invasion?

Kuwait? Big deal. The ones after the invasion? Pfsst. Come on. Even if you empty out a bag of sand, there will still be some grains left in the bottom.