The reason Libya wasn't invaded was that they saw which way the wind was blowing and beacme suddenly more concilatory in tone than they ever had been before.

I'm not an apologist for Bush. Though I do see that he was under pressure to DO SOMETHING after 9/11.

the way I see it, you should only go to war if you're determined to win it. Spend every fucking penny you've got and every penny you can borrow, a lot that you haven't got any way of paying back - until the bastards are dead, the enemy defeated.

if its less important than that. its not important enough to waste one soldiers life on.