"I believe the way to see the statement, particularly given the greater context of the Administration's repeated assertions that Iraq could not be allowed to become a threat."

Well, seems to me that makes it worse. That's the philosophy of "Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out." Because there's no end to potential threats.

There's an old cop saying "If you see a guy carrying aguitar with a dog following him, arrest him. If he ain't done something, he's going to," but it's supposed to be a joke. Alt least a semi-joke.

clint