So *WHY* do we have to attack this very moment?
You didn't really make much of a case, other than that you were incapable of waiting for the action to start, you know.
Consider, if *you* are boiling under all of this "pressure", how the French, Germans, and Iraqis must feel.
Consider, maybe we *want* to have our troops based near Iraq (rather than in Germany and South Korea), and that constantly reminding the world that we are "just about ready to strike" is a grand way to keep anyone from claiming that we are pulling our troops out of Germany merely for political reasons (hopefully such thoughts aren't too deep for the readers on this thread).
Consider that perhaps we are merely keeping up the pressure on Iraq in order to prevent Iraq from offering Osama Bin Ladin sanctuary. A little pressure and some delaying, and poof, suddenly we've tracked the little SOB down.
Maybe we are delaying in order to force the hand of other regional players (e.g. North Korea, China, Iran, Syria).
Perhaps we are keeping up all of this "war is imminent" pressure in order to make other key players (e.g. the "anti-war" movement, al qaeda, France/Germany/Cuba) to mis-guess/mis-time their political and/or military moves.
Or maybe we're just not in a hurry. Building up, taking our time, and getting things done properly the first time might just be the top goal of the current administration.
But sheesh, if *you* can't handle the pressure then I suppose that Bush had better invade Iraq tonight! < /MOCKING >