[aristeides]

If Saddam (and/or al Qaeda) has suitcase nukes in place, we're not just talking about hundreds of thousands dead in this country.

[habs4ever]

Suitcase nukes don't carry the payload of even one of those jets that went into the WTC.There is an illogic to Saddam playing cat and mouse if he has a vast network of agents to sow havoc.There is no need to be coy, you just hit, and hit hard, so that the US is confused and rattled.The longer the pinpricks continue, the more likely it will fail as a trail will eventually be found to get some guys, and suspects already in custody will be broken.If he's got what you think he has, then he should let it rip, now.There is no further advantage to be gained by him delaying his attack.The accumulation of evidence is strictly for legalistic purposes and for PR, and its coming together against Saddam, so why doesn't he hit now, if he's got the threat you assume?