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Byrd said Congress needs solid evidence and answers to several specific questions, including: * Does Saddam Hussein pose an imminent threat to the U.S.?
Yes
* Should the United States act alone?
YES
* What would be the repercussions in the Middle East and around the globe?
Don't mess with the US.
* How many civilians would die in Iraq?
Doesn't matter. What matters is US deaths.
* How many American forces would be involved?
50-100,000*
How do we afford this war?
We make the damn UN pay for us kicking Sadaam.
* Will the U.S. respond with nuclear weapons if Saddam Hussein uses chemical or biological weapons against U.S. soldiers?
A bug is a germ is a nuke. All are WMD's and we only have one kind. Guess which one we would use.
* Does the U.S. have enough military and intelligence resources to fight wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, while mobilizing resources to prevent attacks on our own shores?
There is never enough intelligence to prevent attacks. You can however have enough information, as we do now, to pre-empt an attack.

What GWB has done is put the UN and the world on notice. "If you do not act now, we will act alone if necessary. This is not about the security of the UN, but the security of the USA and it's people." By forcing the UN to act, he has made the UN either back up what it's charter says or go the way of the dinosaur and become irrelevant.

Any more questions?

Byrd said Congress needs solid evidence and answers to several specific questions, including:
* Does Saddam Hussein pose an imminent threat to the U.S.?
Yes
* Should the United States act alone?
YES
* What would be the repercussions in the Middle East and around the globe?
Don't mess with the US.
* How many civilians would die in Iraq?
Doesn't matter. What matters is US deaths. * How many American forces would be involved?
50-100,000*
How do we afford this war?
We make the damn UN pay for us kicking Sadaam.
* Will the U.S. respond with nuclear weapons if Saddam Hussein uses chemical or biological weapons against U.S. soldiers?
A bug is a germ is a nuke. All are WMD's and we only have one kind. Guess which one we would use.
* Does the U.S. have enough military and intelligence resources to fight wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, while mobilizing resources to prevent attacks on our own shores?
There is never enough intelligence to prevent attacks. You can however have enough information, as we do now, to pre-empt an attack.
What GWB has done is put the UN and the world on notice. "If you do not act now, we will act alone if necessary. This is not about the security of the UN, but the security of the USA and it's people." By forcing the UN to act, he has made the UN either back up what it's charter says or go the way of the dinosaur and become irrelevant.

Any more questions?

Yes, where can I find a link to where GWB or the Administration has answered those questions?