[Fury]

I really DON'T want to go to war, except as a last resort. But Saddam has to go, one way or another, and we need to get in there, root out the terrorists that we all know are in there, and get the documentation that proves the French and Germans have been in bed with Saddam since the end of the Gulf War.

Thanks for a cogent post. War should be a last resort. Sadly, there seem to be some folks that are looking forward to a war, and I've seen mention of people stocking up on food so they can sit in front of the TV and "watch the action".

Iraq's military is a fraction of what it was in 1991. Please note that according to Pollack's book "The Threatening Storm", Saddam pressed his scientists in 1991 to try and build one nuclear device that could be fired at Israel in a last parting shot, if things came to that. They did not, and the device could not be built in any event.

12 years have elapsed since that time and I believe Iraq has developed it's WMD capabilities in some fashion. The Allies WILL prevail in Iraq, I believe that, I just hope they can get to the Iraqi Command and Control and/or Saddam as soon as possible so that any attempt to launch WND can be blunted, and so that this conflict does not get others involved or result in a WMD attack by Iraq.

[Illbay]

I wonder.

If Iraq DOES fire off such a "parting shot" at Israel, its goal would obviously be to get them to respond, so that the Arab nations--some of them at least--might "rise up".

Israel says that if attacked, it will respond this time, unlike in the Gulf War.

What response do you believe Israel would make, and do you think that it would widen the conflict to a full-blown multi-nation regional war?