For the most part I've enjoyed my excursions in these BS waters. In Anchorage we have a large service presence and a lot of support for the service. I believe the overall consensus is pro-get Saddam out of there.

To me it's a no-brainer. Even the anti-American action concedes that Saddam is scum. Stalin is his role model. He has proven he's resistant to inspection, and he is a clear and present danger to the United States due to his wealth, his ability to finance another nuclear program if he so wishes, and the same with mass production of toxins.

It is no question a follow-on to 9/11, and probably not the last one.

I have been hearing there is a rally in downtown Anchorage on behalf of current policy on Saturday and I expect to be there.

(I will still listen to the Dixie Chicks, and I will still talk to my combative friends in the Mudcat BS lists and my friends and relatives who may somehow be so wrongheaded as to disagree with me).