[Buckeroo]

"Saddam Hussien, you have 48 Hours to step down as Iraqi dictator - if at the end of this 48 hour timeframe you have not stepped down - Evacuate all your cities as they will all be bombed to rubble! End of Message." -- ChaseR

Where were you in 1993? You are another hasbeen WarHawk that parodies the common myth of superior confidence about issues that you know nothing about.

[codeword]

For weeks, the Bush administration has been sending up "trial balloons" to see how the public and media will respond to the idea of an invasion of Iraq.

This latest Joint Chiefs Study story is a part of this "trial balloon" strategy.

The JCS has, of necessity, undergone continuous planning for such an invasion for the past 10 years.

The reactions in this thread have been very interesting. Quite mixed. Not at all as unanimously hawkish as I would have expected.