[MadIvan]

Both Bush and Blair acted as if they knew something about Iraq, but did not want to say in case they started widespread panic. The idea of Saddam possessing nuclear weapons is indeed one such item which fits the bill. In which case, once this is exposed to the rest of the world, all of our opponents from France to the hippies of San Francisco, are going to look unbelievably stupid.

Regards, Ivan

[edwin hubble]

"Both Bush and Blair acted as if they knew something about Iraq, but did not want to say in case they started widespread panic."

Ivan,
My son kept asking 'why are we so determined to go into Iraq before it gets too hot this year'?

I told him that Saddam was probably 8 months from having a nuclear device. If we waited until the weather was cool enough next fall to go in it would be too late.

Nuclear blackmail against Kuwait, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc. We would be right where we are now with N. Korea

[oprahstheantichrist]

"Both Bush and Blair acted as if they knew something about Iraq, but did not want to say in case they started widespread panic."

I've had the same theory for many months. When otherwise quite conservative friends of mine would question the wisdom of the invasion, I've often stated your above post almost verbatim. I'll never forget Tony Blair. He's usually quite liberal, and when W began his "pre-emptive strike" rhetoric, Blair was emphaticlly against it.

Then he did a one eighty, for no obvious reason. Virtually overnight. Either he'd been told something, or shown something that alarmed him, and NOTHING would dissuade him from his alignment with Bush.

[antaresequity]

the hippies of San Francisco, are going to look unbelievably stupid.