"George Bush has also spent all his moral and military capital so that real problems like Nuclear poised countries like Iran and North Korea may be impossible to deal with under his administration."

Give that man a cigar. So you propose to wait unti Saddam became a nuclear threat also? Same goes for Iran, it just can't be allowed, they have a track record that can't be ignored.

Another thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread was back in the eighties when Kadafy was making all of his threats, as well as supporting terroism. Reagan wanted to send him a personal message, and the French fought us on that too. Our pilots had to fly 1100 miles out of their way around French airspace. I don't think anybody can argue that Momar didn't get the message, and changed his ways afterward. Of course if the French had their way he would still be rattleing his saber.