[AmericanInTokyo]

...all the signs are that we are moving in the direction of the Great Showdown. Late April? Late May?

[codebreaker]

Hard to tell, could be early.

[Rebelbase]

New moon on April 12 and May 12, 2002.

[vbmoneyspender]

Saddam's Birthday is on April 28th. Would be kind of neat if that was the day the festivities started.

[crystalk]

ToNIGHT's the NIGHT! Gonna BE...all right!...~~

[irish_lad]

...all the signs are that we are moving in the direction of the Great Showdown. Late April? Late May?

I don't think our rearmament will be quite ready by that time. I'm thinking Sep-Oct after summer in Iraq.

[EternalHope]

...all the signs are that we are moving in the direction of the Great Showdown. Late April? Late May?

My guess is early April.

We would not have sent Vice President Cheney to the Middle East unless we planned to do something. The longer we wait to initiate action after that trip the more likely it becomes that some of the rulers he talked sense into will change their minds. Hence, we cannot wait long.

Furthermore, a long wait will make it easier for the bad guys to claim we have been scared out of whatever we had planned. That would send a message of weakness that we cannot afford to send.

I think we are very close to ready. Saddam Hussein is toast. The only question is how many other countries line up to fight against us when we launch our attack. My guess is not too many.

I also think it will be Al Qaida's last chance to launch a major terrorist attack with the potential to unify Islam. If they wait until Iraq has fallen, the Islamic world will conclude that Allah is not with the terrorists. Once that perception takes hold, the Islamic world will not unite behind them no matter what they do.

The terrorists are evil, but they are not stupid. Once we attack Iraq they know they must put up or shut up. If they can attack, they will.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

...all the signs are that we are moving in the direction of the Great Showdown. Late April? Late May?

All signs point to either the April 12th or May 12th.