Thanks, WS, for a good exposition.

I believe it is necessary under extreme duress when all imagination and all diplomacy have failed.

I believe in the present case they were forced to failure prematurely by a collision between two psychos, one of whom was Saddam Hussein.

On our side, a better man could have drawn on the resources of the nation to find new ways to deal with the old problem of the intrasigent dictator. Any mother who has to deal with bratty young and does so well could have contributed more than Wolfowitz and Rove with their ancient reptilian mindsets. Deeming other avenues as failed and unworkable, to me, just means they were not searched for seriosuly enough.

That's my view.


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