[Superman]

You got guts, Len. I feel kinda sorry to see folks ganging up on you here, but that's what happens sometimes and usually it is the libs who are shouted down. FWIW, I didn't deny that Iraq had WMD. It was a question in my mind, but I had no answer. It did look like the inspectors were beginning to resume their work, and it looked like Saddam was setting aside the games he had played, so that inspectors could inspect. I sensed that Saddam was seeing the handwriting on the wall.

What I did know was that Iraq had no delivery system that could threaten the US, and that Saddam and bin Laden could not possibly hate each other more. In the eyes of bin Laden, Saddam would probably be lower than the Infidel. There was no love lost there, whatsoever.

Nor is there love lost between myself and Dubya. I've confessed here that everything about him is detestable to me. He reminds me of the little pipsqueak on the playground that would sneer and taunt and stand next to the playground monitor for protection. And in my perception, he's much more than just a complete coward. He's a ruthless, amoral opportunist. I feel I can see it in his eyes. He's a moral relativist who believes that economics and commerce are moral issues, or at least tools toward ethical outcomes. My guess is that he himself, is the first person he has deceived. On so many many topics, his idea of what is "right," and his idea of what is responsible public policy, is diametrically opposed to my personal view.

So, with these perceptions in mind, I'll report that I was STRONGLY, VIGOROUSLY opposed to the Iraq military action, regardless of whether Saddam had WMD, and regardless of whether the inspectors were making progress. His view is insane, as are those of you who, like Dubya, consider this whole mess to be as simple as a WWF wrestling match. It is simple, but only because a simpleton on whom these pesky and intricate international considerations are LOST is in charge.

We have taken focus from OBL. And we've moved intelligence folks from that hunt, to this "action." And all because Dubya wanted everyone to see he has the biggest balls in international politics. Congrats, Dubya. He sure drove that message home, and now the world's sympathy for us is entirely gone, our ethical "high road" is gone. our dollar is going where my breakfast has now been placed and a thousand brave Americans are dead along with more than 100,000 Iraqi citizens. We have a destabilized middle east now. This could not possibly be a bigger mess.

So, no, I did not know whether Saddam had WMD or not. But I did have the good sense to know better than to flip off just about every other country in the world, and made Amierica into the new terrorist organization. From here on out, my country will be viewed as imperialist bullies. If we are ever allowed into an association of peace-loving countries, it will be in spite of an aire of distrust. In the meantime, we are making a mess that will be even more expensive to clean up, than it was to make.