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The President cannot declare War.

Sure seems like he did for the current "War on Terror."

Aaaaaanyway....Since most folks here believe that this is the "Sleight of Hand" president....that his every mysterious move has some deeper meaning, like that of a chess player, consider this...

There is no evidence that Iraq had any involvement whatsoever with the attacks of September Eleventh. In fact, there seems to have been hardly a peep from Hussein since the end of the Gulf War. And why all this sabre rattling and detailed leaks of plans to strike Iraq MONTHS before we actually plan to do so? Bear with me. Would it not make a thousand times more sense to build up our forces in the region, after letting EVERYONE know that we were going after Iraq....and then actually strike Saudia Arabia instead?

It would be one of the greatest strategic military moves of all time.

15 of the 19 pigs come from Saudi Arabia. We have TANGIBLE, IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE of Saudi state involvement as well. Going after Iraq right now doesn't make sense. Getting the Saudis does.

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15 of the 19 pigs come from Saudi Arabia. We have TANGIBLE, IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE of Saudi state involvement as well. Going after Iraq right now doesn't make sense. Getting the Saudis does.

What is the " TANGIBLE, IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE of Saudi state involvement"?

The Muslim world has one Army, and it sits in Iraq.

Destroy the strongest force that an enemy can amass at the onset of the hostilities, while your troops are fresh, and your munitions and supplies are plentiful and you have won the war. Then mop up the rest.

Afghanistan was a necessary evil, it was Doolittle's raid revisited, with better special effects and live coverage, but Iraq is a real war, and we need to prepare.

I would guess that the delay between Afghanistan and Iraq could be due to a shortage in ordnance. I seem to recall reading that Clinton had not replaced a single piece of it during his administration, and we spent quite a bit more looking for Usama.

Once we have sufficiently built up our stockpile of smart bombs and Daisy Cutters, we're going in.

I had a guest on Radio FR last month, who predicted war with Iraq sometime in mid-October, that it will start with some sort of an insurrection of Sadam's enemies, who will be supported by is.

He claims that it will only last about 15 days.

To strike Saudi Arabia first, would be a mistake. You would divide your troops before attacking your strongest enemy.

It would be one of the greatest strategic military moves of all time.

Would the former Soviet Union (and/or China) have anything to gain by embroiling the Saudis in a conflict with the US?