[Dog]

March 7th to 10th is the time frame I think we are shooting for...

Blix's report is over with....and those 40,000 troops and equipment about to unload in Turkey will be in place..

[irish guard]

Agreed...Turkey was a bit of a problem and their delay seemed to fill Blair's need to seek political cover at the same time.

As for us being afraid, I believe we will find that our "friend" Saddam has all the evil things we claim he does and the Democrats and peaceniks are going to appear very stupid in the end.

[byteback]

March 7th to 10th is the time frame I think we are shooting for...

Bush better not be messing with MARCH MADNESS!

[prairiebreeze]

well I had my bet on the 4th. But the 7th to 10th will work too.

Prairie

[BigTime]

A question: Since it has become clear that Colin Powell's "dove" days were an established ruse by the Bushies to bring in the Demoncrats who were still out there beating the anti-war drums, is it possible that there is a similar ruse afoot with the confounded French and Germans?

Try this one out: It has been foreordained that the French and Germans will get on board and at a predetermined point, they will rally behind the cause. This will fluster and surprise Saddam and force quick action. This may be going on with or without their knowledge. A true "smoking gun" could be coughed up at the appropriate time and force their hand and the machine would be in full steam when our troops are ready to roll.

The anti-war crowds may well be part of the bigger plan.

All during this "diplomacy stage," we have been staging our troops and preparing for the attack.

It may well be the hand has been on the public relations trigger the whole time and it will be sprung when it needs to be.

Witness Powell's speech at the U.N. Suddenly the Demoncraps fall in line when you whoop out an Iraqis Gone Wild tape on national TV.

How else to explain the sudden pair of nads that has descended from Tony Blair? How could he have the guts to go out there against public opinion and keep pushing for conflict unless they've got the guns to swing PR back on their side?