Doug: You're gonna like this.

Bush is not our favorite person. He's not our least favorite, either. There's Hitler, Ghengis Kahn and Sadaam to name a few that are worse. But, there's a chance he might be on to something here. Suspend your disbelief for a few moments and hear us out.

The U.S. is poised to attack Iraq and, from all indications, will proceed to do so no matter what. If that happens, Sadaam will have to hastily pack up his palaces and move to Yemen, Lybia, Sudan or wherever lest he be captured and tried for war crimes. If he's hated by the Iraqis half as much as we're led to believe, once he's gone there will be no resistance to the U.S. military. In fact, we are told, the only reason he has not been overthrown already is that, if the coup fails, a lot of folks will die. In short, they're justifiably afraid to come out against Sadaam today because he may be there tomorrow and he's been known to kill one or two people.

Now, if the attack begins, the U.S. will gain air superiority on day one and any Iraqi aircraft will be shot out of the sky. Since none of his safe havens are nearby, walking or taking a taxi will be very difficult. So, he must depart Iraq before the attack actually begins.
If he leaves, the uprising may take place and we won't actually have to start the attack and we could get rid of him without firing a shot.

His cue to depart will be the withdrawal of the U.N. inspectors. As long as they're there, he has nothing to worry about.

We know, we know. This sounds way to elegant for Dubya to comprehend let alone think up. But maybe someone on his staff thought it up and convinced him it would work.

It's possible.

Bev and Jerry