[JimSEA]

I wish I didn't agree with you but I do. If he had or could get say two or three devices into the USA, he might call up the White House and say, "Watch LA". Set off the bomb and then say, "I have bombs in 5 other cities, if you retaliate or look for them, they go off." If something happens, he sets off the second. Would anyone call his bluff?

[My2Cents]

And who's to say he doesn't have nukes positioned already? That's the scary thought.

The best guess (without knowing what the White House knows) is that Saddam doesn't have nukes, but he's close to getting them, and if we don't act, he'll eventually have them, and the type of scenario you mention will be a reality. Who wants to risk that? Maybe Tom Daschle, at least until November...

[biffalobull]

Would anyone call his bluff?

I think if anyone did, it would be curtains for this planet. I also think if we strike first, he knows it is over and will take millions of Americans with him.