Teribus, Iran has invited the inspectors back in several times, with the condition that the inspectors are actual inspectors, and not US spies. Which the US won't agree to. If we wanted genuine inspectors back in, they'd not only be there, they'd have never left.

Now will the US allow UN weapons inspectors inside our own country. There's a lot of hypocrasy on this issue.

We would need Saudia Arabia for logistical support (food, water, local transportation and facilities), and probably Bahrain or mayube Kuwait as an attack base. In this case, we don't logistically need Turkey -- too far away.

Going it alone is a financial nightmare, particularly for the US economy.

Cost of Gulf War: (costs above and beyond regular army budget) $61 billion. Cost to US: $7 billion, becuase of debts shared by coalition.

For comparision's sake, the cost of the military campaign in Afghanistan is around $10 billion.

Interesting article on the potential fiscal effect on a new Iraqi War from the NY Times here: http://www.iht.com/articles/66154.html