Barak,
If the US really wanted Iraqi oil, we'd just have taken it in 1991. There is a clear and present danger from Saddam. I'm sorry you can't see it, but then again England didn't see the threat from Hitler in the late 30's either. Of course Iraq's neighbors are going to say Saddam isn't a threat--they are afraid of him. After all, he is a thug who has killed milloins of his own people to stay in power.
Bush II alreayd had his war, and he could gain much more politically by not going to war in Iraq. However, he is govenred by principal, which is a rare things today in politics.
Blaine
