[TrappedInLiberalHell]

You have said many times that you don't believe we will attack Iraq immediately. Let's assume that we do attack Iraq. What do you think the retribution will be? Will Saddam unleash WMDs on our troops only, or will we see thousands (or tens of thousands) of deaths here? What I can't understand is why President Bush is pushing Saddam so hard if he (as you say) knows that Saddam has all the cards.

I don't disagree with you, necessarily, but I would like to know your theories on why we're pressing Iraq so hard right now.

[FairOpinion]

My guess is that we must have information that what Saddam has now, horrible as it is, is nothing in comparison to somethings he may have in a few more months or year or so. If we don't attack now, at whatever the cost, we will never be able to attack him and Hitler will look like a choir boy in comparison to Saddam ruling the world.

[JustPiper]

I don't disagree with you, necessarily, but I would like to know your theories on why we're pressing Iraq so hard right now.

I just asked JH this very same question in one of his posts.

[The Great Satan]

You have said many times that you don't believe we will attack Iraq immediately.

Yes, I've been telling people that for over a year now. It's never been a very popular position but, so far, it has always proved to be correct.

Let's assume that we do attack Iraq. What do you think the retribution will be? Will Saddam unleash WMDs on our troops only, or will we see thousands (or tens of thousands) of deaths here?

Saddam's WMD are not battlefield weapons. They're like our WMD. They're designed to deter an attack by threatening to inflict unacceptable pain on the civilian population of his potential adversaries. In terms of the dead, he can pretty much dial in whatever casualty numbers he likes, from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of millions. With the dry anthrax that was sent to Daschle and enthusiastic jihadists to serve as human ICBMs, anything in that range would be trivial to accomplish.

What I can't understand is why President Bush is pushing Saddam so hard if he (as you say) knows that Saddam has all the cards.

What is the alternative?