Teribus, if "huff and puff" in order to get Saddam to comply is our entire agenda, you'll get no complaints from me. However, I don't share your confidence in that respect.

This is a quote from a paper written by the right-wing Israeli think tank, The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, in 1996. It's main author, Richard Perle, is the chairman of the Defense Policy Board, a civilian group that advises the Pentagon:

Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right.

The governments of the US and Israel want nothing less than the removal of Saddam Hussein from power, regardless of whether or not he has any weapons of mass destruction. I don't particularly have any problems with Saddam not being in power in Iraq. But I do have very strong opinions about the kinds of approaches we might use to accomplish those ends.