Talking about the impending "liberation" of Iraq is errant Orwellian nonsense. The Pentagon has already announced that they're planning on firing THREE THOUSAND Cruise Missiles at Baghdad, just to start liberating them.

The people that live there aren't looking forward one bit to being liberated.

Another piece of oft-repeated nonsense is that the alternative is to "do nothing". "Nothing" in this context involves a very complex international program of naval blockades, airspace containment, frequently firing a few missiles in the "no fly zone", and of course a very intensive weapons inspection program.

Whether or not this is the right strategy to contain a regional despot, it ain't "nothing". Saddam can't ship a carton of peashooters out of Iraq without it getting intercepted. Anyone shopping for nasty weapons is far more likely to go somewhere that the entire intelligence and military apparatus of the U.S., and other U.N. members, isn't surrounding.

And you warmonger types that are calling everyone who doesn't want the U.S. to launch 3,000 Cruise missiles into Iraq, followed by a full-scale ground invasion, a "Saddam-lover", are showing the inadequacy of your argument by twisting both reality and the motivations of those who don't agree with you.   

The only thing that's more frightening is how many people have been convinced that this is going to help the "war on terror", which is the most obvious nonsense of all.

Willie-O