[dalebert]

I think Dubya is walking the talk. Looks like they are starting at the outside and working their way in. Saddam is making defensive noise now. He knows what is comming. It might be that he is the main mogul in a coalition of terrorist that involves a lot of things. Drugs,money laundering, bio terror, weapons ect. Wouldn't the best thing be to start picking off all the smaller members first.Kind of like cutting off his arms and legs first.I know one thing. You have to be meaner than your enemy to win.

[wastoute]

I grew up in New Mexico. I learned there that when you want to kill a snake you cut it's head off.

[LaineyDee]

Saddam is making defensive noise now.

You always know a bully's lying when they start shuffling their feet, won't look you in the eye, point fingers at everyone else, then start threatening those that caught him.

Saddam started posturing right after the WTC attack, and before the anthrax letters, didn't he?

[hsszionist]

I'm concerned about the head, with an animal you have arms and legs, so attacking the extremities will quickly weaken or disable. Iraq(Sadam) is a snake so starting at the tail and working back towards the head becomes far more problematic. It's best to cut the head off and let the rest die.

[servantoftheservant]

I think Dubya is walking the talk

I don't. I sense an utter reluctance on the part of our government to implicate Iraq, and reluctance to take action on other terrorists in other countries. There is big talk to placate the public, but the gov wants this to go away without a major conflict.

In the Gulf War, we called up about 250,000 reservists to prepare for the invasion of Iraq. How many have we called up now? 10,000? 50,000? Reservists and Nat. Guard are critical to our military's warfighting plans. If they aren't calling up 200,000 reserves, you can bet we won't mount any serious military campaign anywhere, including Afghanistan.

The military power we are using now is paltry compared what was used in the Gulf War, and even paltry compared to the war against Serbia a few years ago. Guess we really get mad when Saddam controls the oil, but don't care as much when 5,000 citizens get killed.