[AIG]

Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf came out against attacking Iraq today. The whole US military top brass is, in fact, against attacking Iraq and letting it be known publicly. Sen. Hagel's line about letting Mr. Perle be on the first attack wave into Baghdad was precious. What is Mr. Perle doing now in France, of all places, anyway instead of on the front lines? Luckily for America, some Americans (Kissinger, Scowcroft, the US Joint Chiefs, etc.) can still distinguish what are America's own interests and keep America's interests first. American young soldiers' lives are at stake, after all, and there's no proof that Saddam had anything to do with 9-11. If Saddam ever did develop nukes, he couldn't use them anyway without getting himself nuked himself. Warren Buffett also warned about America's increasingly self-defeating Mideast policy. As an insurance man, he knows the probability of America's being attacked with nukes increases as America continues to needlessly antagonize the whole Arab world. Do war hawks really want New York or Washington, D.C. to be eventually nuked? America needs a lower probability of another 9-11, not a higher probability. America is not making itself very popular or liked these days, which is a shame because the best thing about America -- its good image -- is being thoughtlessly destroyed overnight by certain irresponsible Americans themselves.

[Torie]

If Saddam ever did develop nukes, he couldn't use them anyway without getting himself nuked himself.

IC. Let Saddam have nukes because he would be too rational to use them. Whatever.

[dighton]

Stick to your specialty, which is China.

[griffin]

"Sen. Hagel's line about letting Mr. Perle be on the first attack wave into Baghdad was precious"

Really?

I suppose equally precious to you would have been a comment by Mr. Chamberlain such as, "If Mr. Churchhill wants to attack Germany, let him be in the first wave". Absolutely a juvenile comment. But, if you like it I guess that tells us a little something about AIG.

I expect mr. hagel to follow up his commentary of today with a "I rubber, your glue.." comment tomorrow. I'm confident you'll like that one too.

[elbucko]

..he knows the probability of America's being attacked with nukes increases as America continues to needlessly antagonize the whole Arab world.

I beg to differ. The longer we wait the probability increases that we will be attacked by nukes from an Arab country.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Do you have a link to Schwartzkopf coming out against attacking Iraq, cause I can't find any article on that in the search engine.

[cake_crumb]

Kissinger and Scowcroft are ignorant of the facts and base their opinions on false premises combined with cowardice.

They do NOT represent or fight for "America's interests", any more then Carter or Clinton did. They represent their interests, and the interests of their personal allies, nothing more.