[B4Ranch]

This kind of target for terrorism would be annoying, but not anything so serious as WTC911

To the tree huggers it would be worse! All that enviromental damage would be a world disaster! /sarcasm ends here

[arete]

Although I am not a tree hugger, I do appreciate the glories and wonders of nature. I figure that I'm pretty average in that respect. On the other hand, I am becoming increasingly uneasy with all the war talk and beating the drum on the urgent need to attack Iraq. GW is starting to sound desparate and is already bombing radar sites in Iraq almost daily. Puplave may be right -- how many American lives are we able to gamble away to be able to fill up the gas tanks on our SUV's with cheap oil. What if the whole economic war backfires and oil prices go up?

As leader gathered in the mediaeval city of cathedral spires, Bush used the centerpiece address of his five-day European trip to press them to "take up global responsibilities or choose to live in isolation from the challenges of our time."

While he did not directly accuse Europe's leaders of indifference toward Saddam, Bush's sternly worded appeal for action against terrorists and like-minded regimes was clearly aimed at the likes of Germany, which opposes military action in Iraq, and France, which forced the United States to water down a U.N. resolution to disarm Saddam. . . .The Bush administration has quietly contacted 50 countries, including Canada, Britain and Germany, to solicit contributions of troops and war material in the event Bush decides to use force, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

Complete article here:

Bush: NATO Should Be Firm on Iraq

Richard W.