[SJackson]

WASTE THE M$%HERF^&KERS .....

I can't help but wonder if that's what Sadaam is thinking. He's winning the diplomatic battle. Preemtively hitting these units, particularly the scuds should be an imperative of ours, but it's one we'd pay a diplomatic price for if it was a limited strike, in which case the diplomacy continues, rather than the start of a full scale attack.

It's risky for Sadaam, but it's a sensable gamble. Worst case we leave him alone and he achieves deployments impossible under fire, particularly the scuds.

[edwin hubble]

"It's risky for Sadaam, but it's a sensable gamble. Worst case we leave him alone and he achieves deployments impossible under fire, particularly the scuds."


Actually, a pre-emptive strike by Iraq might be a gift to the US.

It would justify the war.
The initiation of hostilities would be on Saddam's head.
It would eliminate a lot of the hand-wringing.
And it would all be over very quickly.