It is not our intent to injure the innocent - See my post above. It is our intent to eliminate a clear and present danger to this country: Saddam Hussein as the leader of a rogue state. The Iraqi people are not our enemy. In fact, most will welcome liberation from the tyranny of Saddam. I believe that entire Iraqi units will coopted and turned against their master in Baghdad.
The U.S. military has taken far more care not to injure the innocent than any other army in the history of warfare. We are not abusing our power for bad ends - We are using it responsibly, for a righteous cause.
If I only believed that SH was a clear and present danger I'd happily hop on this bandwagon. As for the idea of re-making Iraq in the Western democratic model, I have grave doubts whether we have the needed wisdom, will, power -- or the right. I expect we'll charge about like a bull in a china shop, install a strongman more to our current likeing (as Saddam once was -- remember?), declare victory, and pull out, hoping for the best.
The U.S. military has taken far more care not to injure the innocent than any other army in the history of warfare.
Please. We are not in the same class as the 20th century dictators, and I pray we never will be. But your touching earnestness is risible, in view of the carnage wrought by our righteous might on the innocent of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Tokyo, Hamburg, Dresden, and Berlin. No polity is sinless, and with all its good will and high moral purpose, the US has spilled its share of blood. Beware moral pride.