[Burkeman1]

So- we go after Iraq when you admit they had less culpability than our own "allies"? What message does that send to them and their own radical Islamic groups in their countries? That they are paper tigers at the tit of the USA? That they are just as Hezbollah and Al Queda say they are- puppets of the USA? You are a genuis on foreign policy. Yeah- that is great. This whole war thing against Iraq is bogus.

[Texasforever]

Ok, for the moment let's assume we do nothing. What, in your opinion, would be the result of that action?

[Rome2000]

That they are just as Hezbollah and Al Queda say they are- puppets of the USA?

Radical Islamic groups in those countries are being hunted down like the dogs they are in Pakistan, a country where they had free reign until our campaign against the Taliban.

After Iraq is liberated, other countries in the region will crack down on the nuts in their midst as it would be in their national interest to do so.