[Prodigal Son]

we've agreed on everything except the two largest threats to the United States and the world at large in the 20th century?

Iraq? LOL, please. A big threat to the region yes. The biggest threat to the world? Not even close. Try Pakistan or Iran or North Korea or China. Pakistan is soon going to be an al Qaeda nuclear nation. North Korea already has nukes and is run by someone who is certifiably insane. Iran is working on a nuke program and they will have their reactor online soon without intervention. China is a threat to Tawain and the entire SE Asia region and has nukes capable of hitting our west coast.

I would put any one of those nations higher on the list than Iraq was before March. Iraq was more strategically important in my opinion. Prime real estate from which to control the entire region. Not very much of a military threat though.

[Michael81Dus]

I gues the inv. hand referred to WW1 and WW2. But I very much doubt that WW1 and 2 were threats to the US, and in particular "big threats". The biggest threat to the US was the Soviet Union.

[the invisib1e hand]

Iraq by itself? Not an issue. Iraq as a facilitator of terrorist activity in concert with other entities, including some on your list? A pest to be dealt with. A couple of notable nations were not interested in joining us in dealing with the pests, beginning with Iraq. One of those nations was Germany. Hope this clears up your misconceptions about my point.