Personally, I think Saddam Hussain should of been removed from power the first time he violated the cease fire treaty he signed. George W. Bush said early on that Saddam was going to comply with the agreements he signed and the U.N. Resolutions or he would pay a price. Well he had his chances to comply and it's time to make the case for war and remove Saddam Hussain from power and give the Iraqi people a constitution and a bill of rights, like we did Japan and Germany after WWII.
I believe the President has to make the case and present the evidence to the American people before he launches this campaign. I believe he will and I believe after Saddam is removed, Iran will see the a revolution and beg for our help to remove the finatical clerics from power.
From everything I have seen and heard so far, I believe we must remove Saddam Hussain and his entire regime from power by whatever means neccessary. I believe our Commander-in-Chief will make the right decisions
And then what? If we had removed Sadaam in 91? The Shiites would have taken over and be a client state to Iran. The Sunnis and Kurds would fight in the North. We left Sadaam in power because we feared radical Islam from Iran. If we occupy Iraq be prepared for a long occupation and a slow but yearly supply of American dead for years due to terrorism and Guerilla activity.
I learned last week that we need onsite inspections, at least in theory since satellite detection isn't adequate. So as in the case of N. Korea I would offer carrots. As we help them build reactors, we could offer to drop the economic sanctions against Iraq in exchange for complete inspections.
They would have to be internationally based and allow inspections of any sites deemed to be possible production or storage sites.