More like global domination but I agree with your comments on my previous post...except for the part about "we would already be at war".

If Bush were to go directly to war without any approval whatsoever it would cause him to be ousted by the senate regardless of their political views. Therefore, he has to ride in on the coattails of a national tragedy.

Disguised at first as a "War on terrorism" it quickly shifted into a personal assault on a man that George Sr. tried to go after for reasons that were also unclear and questionable (at least in my mind).

I may be wrong and I am more than wiling to admit when I am but I do not see Bush doing any good for our country and he is covering over this shortcoming by diverting peoples attention to the Middle East.

 

OK let me rephrase my statement...it appears I did not clearly write what I was thinking. We have troops in the Gulf that can strike at Iraq at a moments notice. When and if Bush decides to attack Iraq America will be able to do so. However there is going to be some time that over the next month that the US will try and convince the rest of the security council that Iraq is lying...and then convince them that there must be a war. France and Russia will want a vote on it which will require more time. All the while the US will be moving the 250,000 or so troops to the Gulf that is going to require ousting Saddam. Once all diplomatic means are exhausted, or there is a unanimous vote we will then go to war. I do not think that this will happen at the earliest till February. Iraq has a government that the Unite Nations recognizes where as Afghanistan did not. It is hard to overthrow a leader who is part of the UN without the UNs approval.

 

all that said... who's to say that those UN votes aren't already taking place and that the 250,000 or so troops you speak of aren't already there. no one but those who make these decisions knows at what stage this is in. once they say that for certain we're going to war sever battles will have already been fought. i'm personally thinking more like middle of december. say the 15th or so.

 

If you are right I have no problems with that. I just think that politics will play another factor in delaying the inevitable...one thing we both agree on is the war will happen...our own timeframes are a little off!

 

There are already troops staging in Oman, for those of you thinking it will take us a long time to deploy. They've been there for 3 months.

 

as well as ass loads of equipment and troops massing in kuwait and turkey. pretty much as soon as GW gives the word we're crossing borders and laying waste to baghdad.