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What "rules" do you want to follow when your dealing with a mad man with nuclear , biological, and chemical weapons, who has broken every agreement he's ever made? Or, tell me: How many dead people will be enough for you to realize that maybe this is a War we HAVE to fight? Apparently 3000 murdered on 9/11 wasn't enough. So what will it take? Shall we wait until we are hit again? Sadam has had 3 YEARS to hide whatever he has. Do you think he's been baking cookies over this time period? Why do you suppose he threw out the UN inspectors in the 1st place? Do you think it was because he's NOT building an asenal of mass death? Do you think he's just a misunderstood guy and not a murderous dictator? Don't you think the fact that he killed 1 million of HIS own people with poison gas might be a reason to be leary of him. And, knowing that he's done this; Do you think he gives a rats ass about Koffi Anan & the UN, or for that matter , you , your family & friends and your sense of the "rules"? Do you honestly think this is a person who follows rules? We can't wait until he attacks and then say oops!! so sorry, we messed up. It's not like we haven't seen this kind of darkenss on the horizon before. A little more than 60 years ago, a similar debate was going on about Adolf Hitler. He (Hitler) kept saying, he didn't intend to harm anyone and we know what happened there. While Saddam doesn't have the large army, he doesn't need one to unleash havoc on the world. All he needs is a nuke, or a little small pox, or poison gas, and he can sell his stuff to people like Osama, and then what? Do you think if we leave him alone and let this joke of an inspection thing go down (his weapons are now either miles & miles under-ground or out of the country) that he's just going to peacefully continue torturing & murdering his own citizens and not bother us? Doesn't the fact that he was trying to amass weapons in the 1st place tell you something? What's his plan? Do you want to gamble with people's lives like this? In closing, I don't consider our Constitution or Pledge knee jerk Patriotism. It amazes me that people like you really have no idea how blessed you are (not stricly religious sense, you could say your blessed by the goddess or whatever you lefties are into) to live in this county . I mean we are kind and good most of the time. We try our best to treat people fairly and help them. We do this more than any nation on earth, and for this we are hated. I don't get the attitude, but I appreciate your intellectual honesty. I wish more people on your side would be up front about what you guys beleive.