DougR, that would be a good logical stance for any playground bully. But where did I say Iraq was a threat? I have certainly said in another thread if not this one that Iraq is one of the weakest countries in its region (maybe the weakest apart from Kuwait) and has been subjected to counter-productive humiliation a la Germany after WW1. No good ever comes of giving vent to such childish impulses.

If you're worried about terrorism go get the terrorists, who on the whole are not Iraqis. Just remembering that as Terry Jones put it on TV last night, a war on terrorism makes about as much sense as a war on murder. You might do better to divert some of the billions earmarked for NMD into checking a few of the millions of containers than arrive on both your seaboards each month.

Better still, you could try making a few friends in the world instead of enemies. But that would mean going well beyond the bully mentality that you seem to embrace so comfortably.