[ultima ratio]

He may not be stupid, but why telegraph our punches? Success with any operation like this would depend at least in part on surprise. Sounds to me like somebody in the Pentagon deliberately leaked this.

[Valin]

Sounds to me like somebody in the Pentagon deliberately leaked this.

If it was(and I wouldn't be a bit suprised) it was for a reason, maybe just one more little thing for saddam or his doubles to worry about.