Well, Saddam may be a lot of things, Amos, but he ain't stupid. He's preparing the Iraqis for war just as Bush is trying to prepare the folks here in the US and I'm sure Tony "Rubberstamp" Blair is doing in the UK.

Saddam is smart enough to know that if he can get his armies to fight and win soemsympathy from the civilians that he stands a good chance of perhaps loosing every battle but winning the war. Sure, alot of Americans don't remember Vietnam and many others are the blue-hairs and no-hairs you would like the US to have one more big victory before they move on to the next life. These folks aren't considering the fact nthat the US might just loose this war.

Now, I'm not predicting a loss, mind you, just pointing out that victory is not a given. Saddam will neutralize the strength of the US military if he can lure it into a street fight. I the is successful, the US will see massive casualties which will mount up like the Tet Offensive. It won't be one death here and one there but many, many kids getting shot up. If that occurs then the appitite for attacking folks is going to go away real, real fast.

The other choice is to just kill everyone in Bagdad with massave bombings, including bunker busting nuclear bombs. Hmmmmmm? Yeah, that ought to make thge US real popular.

The problem is that Bush has not given himself any out. He says that if Saddam says he has WMD, then he's gonna get invaded. Then he says that if Saddam denies having WMD, then he's gonna get invaded.

Nevermind, I know that this has been pointed out, but, hey....

Resist

Bobert