[abraxas_sandiego]

I am utterly disappointed. If that was the best that this administration can muster in order to justify an invasion that risks the lives and fortunes of this great country, then it becomes glaringly obvious that there simply isn't much there. North Korea has nukes and delivery systems, but we want dialogue with them. One can look around the world and see equally or even more dangerous regimes, but the fact is that they don't sit on the oil reserves that Iraq does. If a taped phone call of two idiots talking about clearing out a field of any ammo they could get in trouble for constitutes a clear and present threat to this nation, it's a sad day indeed. Long live the Republic.

[power2]

"......North Korea has nukes and delivery systems, but we want dialogue with them. One can look around the world and see equally or even more dangerous regimes, but the fact is that they don't sit on the oil reserves that Iraq does......"

North Korea has never used WMD on any other country, and has never used them on their own people. Iraq has used chemical weapons on both the Iranians during Iran-Iraq war, and has used them on the Iraqi Kurds. If I remember correctly from a post here on FR, there was one incident when Iraqs use of a chemical weapon killed many thousands instantly. There were pictures of the dead in the street following the attack.

These facts alone make Iraq a higher priority target.

[colorado tanker]

Hey there, Einstein, once a country actually builds a nuke your options go way down. You can't send an army in to disarm N.K as you can with Iraq because N.K. would nuke Seoul as well as our troops. So, we're forced into diplomacy due to the utter failure of the Clinton administration to deal with N.K.

So saying we should deal with N.K. "first" is a cover for doing nothing about Iraq. But you knew that, didn't you?

[Japedo]

If that was the best that this administration can muster in order to justify an invasion that risks the lives and fortunes of this great country, then it becomes glaringly obvious that there simply isn't much there.

You're kidding us right? By the sounds of it, the U.N wasn't the only one asleep. I ask what more "Proof" you would need? WMD,Human testing, outright deliberate lies and distortions, moving and hiding of their "Proof" is not enough for you? What more evidence could Powell give I ask?

[ez]

North Korea has nukes and delivery systems, but we want dialogue with them.

That is a delaying tactic. We WILL drop an egg on NK before this is over...

[Sicon]

"If a taped phone call of two idiots talking about clearing out a field of any ammo they could get in trouble for constitutes a clear and present threat to this nation, it's a sad day indeed. Long live the Republic."

*Sigh* Are you incapable of remembering anything for more than three seconds or what? The taped phone call is proof that Iraq has NOT been complying with UN Resolution 1441. That, in and of itself, is justification for military action, as set forth in the resolution which was approved by ALL 15 members of the UN Security Council several months ago.

A "clear and present threat to this nation" is NOT, and HAS NEVER BEEN, a condition of action pursuant to UN Resolution 1441.