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A world that enjoys freedom and liberty, and passes the blessings of those to future generations. Any additions?

Exactly whose freedom and liberty is being protected by the U.S. troops in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia? Are those bastions of liberty and freedom?

Bin Laden, for all the media hype, doesn't hate freedom, liberty, mom and apple pie. He hates that U.S. troops are occupying the Middle East. His fight against the U.S.S.R. wasn't against freedom and liberty, it was against an 'infidel' nation trying to prop up a puppet government with it's own troops.

I have no doubts that the U.S. military will be victorious against Saddam's ragtag third worlders. The real loser is going to be the American citizen/taxpayer who finds his 'freedom and liberty' at home further and further curtailed in the interest of govt. assured 'security', not to mention the staggering costs of running a police state/global military empire.

No one has explained to me yet how our forces deployed across the globe are carrying out their sworn duty to defend the Constitution of the United States. Seems to me they're just fomenting aggression against the U.S.

The Saudis invited us in - and that invitation, to my knowledge was never rescinded. And Kuwait's invited us in to protect them from Saddam - they leanred all too well how bad an apple he was.

The likes of bin Laden and Saddam Hussein would attack neighbors or us for whatever reason they find convenient. I have to disagree strongly with the notion that we can just pull out of all of these conflicts and let other nations sort it out among themselves.

We tried that course in the 1930s. We sat back, and let the world try to deal with Japan's invasion of Manchuria, Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, and Hitler's land grabs through the mid-to-late 1930s.

Ultimately, we did not deal with the threats early, and so from 1939-1942 we had a situation that was VERY touchy - all because we didn't act sooner, when it would have been far less costly.

Dealing with a Saddam Hussein is like treating cancer - the earlier you deal with it, the better your chances of surviving intact, and the LESS time you need to recover from it.

Unfortunately, we misdiagnosed Saddam, and as a result, the wrong treatment was initially prescribed. Then, whit it was obvious we had misdiagnosed Saddam, we didn't stop, and so now, we face the unpleasant prospect of having to launch a pre-emptive strike or face whatever horrors he comes up with. I choose the preemptive strike.