Navy fleet in gulf ready for war, admiral says Hussein should know 'we're not playing games,' Clark warns 01/18/2003 By RICHARD WHITTLE / The Dallas Morning News MANAMA, Bahrain - The U.S. Navy's fleet in the Persian Gulf is ready for war if President Bush orders it, and Saddam Hussein "would be wise" to disarm peacefully, the chief of naval operations said Friday. "Our folks are ready; that's what I saw everywhere I went," Adm. Vernon Clark said in an interview after visiting three of the Fifth Fleet's ships in the gulf, including the aircraft carrier USS Constellation. "Our...