No apology necessary.
I am simply concerned that one despot is trying to eject another, but to what end?
Thankfully the United Nations are insistent that a diplomatic resolve can be achieved - long may they rule.
If Saddam was going to use nukes, etc. I believe he would have done so by now.
I don't believe that US action would be driven by the desire to run Iraq's oil export business.
If GW & TB know something we don't, then don't we have the right to know all the facts so we can all be involved in the decision to destroy the world?
The CIA haven't performed too well up until now. Or is that that they haven't been listened to - example Bali, when the US and UK were warned of terrorist activity in advance of the bombings.
If intelligence is king - are we not smart enough to avoid conflict?
Love and peace.