[Ranger]

Good article.

Our best course of action is to consult in advance but act responsibly for the common good. Acting soley in our own interests may be necessary at times but is not the perrogative of a world leader that wants to be followed for very long.

In the case of Iraq, the sooner we get this over with the better. Many will complain when we act, but no tears will be shed for Saddam when the curtain falls.

[Kermit]

"Since World War II, the world order has been organized around the twin principles of nonaggression and state sovereignty...these well-understood rules of behavior kept the peace, more or less, for a half-century."

That's not what kept the peace and there wasn't "peace".

[Nogbad]

Ping for a significant turn.

To my knowledge
this is the first time
that a major newspaper has admitted
the likelihood that the 09-11-01 anthrax
came from Iraq.

(This editorial also was printed in today's hard copy of the WSJ)

[cornelis]

One of their biggest resentments is simply that the Americans have not bothered to try seriously to persuade them.

The first step is to try and seriously understand them. In this they are remiss. Nobody speaks French or German, really.

[freeperfromnj]

There is quite a bit of circumstantial evidence that Saddam Hussein was indeed involved in attacking the U.S. homeland, but the Bush administration has worked to suppress rather than advance it.

Somehow I believe that the anthrax was some sort of warning - the real threat is probably something less containable and more deadly - like small pox. I recently read that the vaccines will be ready in early October. They definitely know more than they are letting on for the sake of avoiding panic. The state of New Jersey just announced today that they have at the ready two potassium iodide tablets per person living within a 10 mile radius of NJ's 3 nuclear power plants in case of an accident. This coming a couple of weeks after finding the detailed plans of a NJ nuclear plant in a cave in Afganastan