[john bell hood]

The author argues that we are using a hammer where we should be using a scalpel. And we are going after a nation that should be low on our list of priorities simply because it's an easy target.

His first point makes a lot of sense. But I'm not sure we shouldn't take the low-hanging fuit first, then go after the bigger threats, which he identifies as Saudi Arabia and Iran.

[Uncle Miltie]

It was recently said by the WSJ that nukes, nuts, and terrorists cannot be allowed in the same country. Saddam qualifies. He is crazy, will use nukes, and has many ties with terrorists (Hamas, Al-Quaida, Abu Nidal, etc.)

Bush Doctrine II is preemption against terrorist nuts with nukes. I agree. That is the basis for invasion. All else is ancillary (freedom for Iraq; U.N. Sanctions; Congressional Resolutions, oil, jihadism, etc.)

Failure to intervene now runs a substantial risk of nuclear terrorism within months.

LET'S ROLL!

[marron]

The reason for taking Saddam down is simply that we have been forced to sit on him for 10 years now. Our pilots have had to face daily missile fire, and his people have had to endure daily bombardment, for a decade.

We have been forced to keep a sizeable force in the region, just to keep him inside of his borders, and to keep him from slaughtering his people, or his neighbors' people.

He's getting old now, but he has sons who are crazier than he is.

So, the choice is a two week effort to take him down, along with his sons, or war without end, for how many decades to come.

And how many more millions of kids born to grow up in this twisted hell...

I vote to take him down. Lets do it and do it now.

[zarf]

Do you not see that Iraq is the easiest access point for our military to enter the Mid East....which will give us a large scale foothold to establish our influence on the Western Iranian border (we are on Iran's eastern via Afganistan)and the Syrian border.

The war on terror involves introducing the Democratic ideal into the region in order to attack the ROOT CAUSES of terror......theocratic totalitarianism/fascism!!!!.