[Gumption]

certainly no more imminent than Iran or Syria,

Hmmmm, and now both of those counties have the US military on both sides of them (Navy in the Mediterranean as well as access to multiple land borders). I wonder if that was part of the plan???

[AlbionGirl]

It may have been part of the plan, but it wasn't sold that way. Doesn't change the fact that we can't afford the PR of 200,000 or how ever many thousand it would take to really subdue Iraq, hence the military take is 'we can't lose this militarily, and we can't win it militarily either.' And an even more frightening take is the Moslem take, that 'we've got the watches, but they've got the time.'

We may pull this Iraq thing out, and I hope we do because I supported it and still do, even if begrudgingly so. Our Soldiers well-being demand my support, and they'll always have it, but that doesn't mean that this Iraq invasion was a good thing. It may turn out to be that it was the absolute only and best thing to do, but only time and distance will reveal that.

Either way though, President Bush will go down in History as a man who tried to change the course of History for the betterment (sp?; word?) of man.