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A) There is no way we could determine that the threat is a bluff. No way.

B) We cannot neutralize the threat now or any time soon.

C) We are not going to risk losing New York, Washington, London, Paris, Adelaide, Sydney, etc. Fuggedaboutit.

You are very easily taken in by grandstanding and saber-rattling. I've been watching this very closely for almost a year-and-a-half. What is happening now is nothing new -- it's the same old same old. Remember Bush's UN speech? That was almost six months ago, now. Bush has his foot on the accelerator, but he knows that almost everybody else's foot is on the brake. And that suits him just fine. The net result is that we maintain forward momentum, he still looks like the tough cop -- not the helpless victim of a gangster's blackmail, which is closer to the truth -- and things keep inching forward, ever so slowly. Expect things to continue in the same vein for some time to come.

So you don't think we're going to war at all? I have news for you: A quarter million American troops aren't going to be told to sit on sand with their thumbs up their asses for 6 months to a year. We're going in, and we're going in soon.

A) There is no way we could determine that the threat is a bluff. No way.

B) We cannot neutralize the threat now or any time soon.

You say "no way" to both, but you don't present any argument to the contrary. How the hell do you know how many terror cells (or "sleepers") we've busted up in the last 15 months? And how do you know all our combined intel services (including the Mossad) haven't determined that Saddam is bluffing? I'm not saying we have do so for certain, but I don't completely dismiss the possibility altogether. You seem a trifle too emotionally attached to you whacked out theory. ....and you'll have egg on your face in a big way next month when we roll into Iraq.....and I'll be throwing them.