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I missed it. However, the fact is, Bush has done a piss poor job of making his case. I am for removing Saddam. Heck, I wanted Papa Bush to finish the job in Gulf War I. But W. obviously hasn't explained to the American people, let alone the people of the world, why now. I hear about Saddam having WMD's. Well I wonder where he got them. And if I'm not mistaken, he has had them for over a decade. Why does he suddenly pose such a threat now? Why is the threat so serious that it justifies the spending of billions of American dollars to remove him? Not to mention the risk of reprisal from Saddam or those who sympathize with Saddam. And possibly with the very same WMD's. Well, we hear the same old stories about how this tyrant gassed his own people. Hey....been there....done that! Here is the plain truth. If Bush had information that Saddam posed a threat that was immediate and potentially mortal in nature to the U.S.A.....or Israel...then there would be little debate. The world...and America....who will bear the brunt of the cost in dollars and lives....would be in lock step to proceed in destoying Saddam and his apparatus. The sad truth is that one of two realities exist. Either Saddam's threat is so devastating that Bush cannot tell the world for fear of a panic.....or Bush doesn't really have the goods on Saddam. Neither one of these scenarios is very pretty.

And if I'm not mistaken, he has had them for over a decade. Why does he suddenly pose such a threat now? Why is the threat so serious that it justifies the spending of billions of American dollars to remove him?

9-11 changed everything. 9-11 proved our homeland is no longer immune to terrorist attacks -- since we didn't learn our lesson the first time the World Trade Center was bombed.

Not to mention the risk of reprisal from Saddam or those who sympathize with Saddam. And possibly with the very same WMD's.

Do you think for a second bin Laden or any of the other terrorists wouldn't use WMD's against us if they had them and the means of using them REGARDLESS of what we do? Appeasement is no cure. Terrorists and despots, and also Dim-Dems for that matter, survive and thrive only by demonizing someone. They have to have someone to hate, someone to blame for their own inadequacies.

So am I saying we have to take on all the despots and dictators who have WMD's? Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. GW has a priority list and he's going to take them on, OR OUT depending on their response, one at a time. We're in for a long, long and terrifying war. Like it or not, we're the most powerful and successful country the world has ever known. We will always be the Great Satan to those terrorists needing a demon. And sitting back while they take potshots at us, to me, is not the solution. Offense truly is the best defense. We could contain WMD's when they were developed by major, semi-stable countries because they knew if they used them we would wipe them out. That's hardly a deterrent to sociopaths and suicide bombers.

Why won't Saddam use his WMD's if he knows his days are numbered? That's a fair question. Bullies and tyrants can not be negotiated with. Iraq didn't develop WMD's for defense. The Kurds didn't gas them first. Nor did the Iranians. Saddam developed them for offense . . . and he will use them again if we don't take him out now.

Why does he suddenly pose such a threat now? Why is the threat so serious that it justifies the spending of billions of American dollars to remove him?

I'm not an expert on this kind of stuff - in fact I know nothing about it - but my answer would be 8 years of klintoon. It seems that lots of money was spent in order to appease the tyrant.

I'm a fiscal conservative - it seems to me taking him out will be less costly to us than leaving him alone.

Either Saddam's threat is so devastating that Bush cannot tell the world for fear of a panic

If he gets the nuclear bomb, the balance of power in the Near East changes. That is why Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are quietly allowing the US to build up their forces to attack Iraq.

And if the press is not telling us about the problem, blame the press, not Bush.

I read in last Sunday's paper that Oklahoma is almost ready with their plans for mass smallpox vaccination of the population, and that plans to vaccinate first line medical personnel will be done in the near future. The story was way in the back of the Tulsa paper.

You know, when West Nile virus was here, it was all over the papers about the vets vaccinating the horses, and why we needed to watch out for dead birds.

But few warnings about smallpox, except to the doctors. In other words, we are expecting a major smallpox epidemic, but don't scare the people.But where would smallpox come from? Anthrax is found in every barnyard, but smallpox would come from only one place: Iraq via arab terrorists.