[L`enn]

I have a feeling that the troops are already in place, and leaks about waiting until they are in place is disinformation. And I believe that waiting for a moonless night is a non-issue. If we had a better matched adversary it may be. The only way that the Iraqis can be on the same playing field as us is by using WMD. And now is the time to strike while their main WMD focus is playing hide-and-seek with them with the inspectors.

[Blood of Tyrants]

now is the time to strike while their main WMD focus is playing hide-and-seek with them with the inspectors.

I have reasoned the same thing. If they are busy hiding them, then they deny themselves the use of them.

[justa-hairyape]

Good points. Its not only the coalition troops that are at stake here, Saddam can threaten the entire region. All indications are that he is maniacal and diabolical. He may try to take out as many people as he can. Then there is also the issue of North Korea. The faster Saddam is gone, the quicker we can deal with North Korea. Which has recently stated that they view a first strike against the US as plausable. Overall in the present situation, it may be better to strike faster with less, then to strike later with more.