Doug - All our days are numbered. As for Saddam, he's a minor player. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about the neighborhood hub cap thief when Al Capone and Lucky Luciano are the mayor and the commissioner of public works in my town.

I hear that Norman Schwarzkopt has just stated that he has seen no evidence whatsoever justifying an invasion of Iraq. Well, well! Old Norm's got more guts and honesty than I would have suspected.

Think Poland, Doug. Poland in 1939. Not only were they guilty of horrendous atrocities (according to Goebbels and Hitler), not only were they scheming to attack Germany, not only were they horrifically undemocratic and corrupt...BUT...they attacked a German radio station in the dark of night, attempting to kill German nationals. Oh! Those filthy swine. It was only appropriate that the glorious Wermacht strike the final blow and bring down that rotten dictatorial Polish regime before it could do any more harm. Why, it was a favour to the suffering Polish population when the panzers rolled in and freed them!

Ah, yes. Lies, lies, glorious lies.

- LH