[FairOpinion]

Adding to the list, Mark Steyn's excellent editorial on the subject:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/925094/posts?page=10

It would obviously be easier to wait and pick the evidence of WMD out of the rubble of Birmingham, but for the Americans it is capability that's the determining criterion.

[backhoe]

Thank you both; the further information is welcome.