pim,

What part of the evidence presented to the UN by the U.S. don't you understand? What part of the evidence that has surfaced as to German and French participation in rebuilding the Iraqi WMD, that the UN has already admitted is happening, don't you understand? What part of the fact that the Russians were given chief brokerage of Iraqi oil, that has been the only part of their economy that is stable don't you understand? You may have missed all this, and you may have missed the fact that the last two batches of al-Qaeda operatives that have been introduced to Spain, for covert operations in Spain, were actually trained in the Iraqi desert, and supported by Saddam.

As for the "land marks" you indicated we are attacking, where did you get that idea? Is this some "future plan" by our people? Obviously we haven't attacked them, and wouldn't, unless the Iraqis put a large military complex around them. Of course, if they did that, they'd be painting a great big bullseye on them, and they very well could be destroyed, but that would be the responsibility of Saddam and his government.

One look at the scenes that are being broadcast live from the "front" would tell you what's happening. Even interviews with Iraqi soldiers who are surrendering tells the facts. These people have been totally abused by the Baath government under Hussein, and are actually thankful they will be freed from the grip of the tyrant.

Of course, what he did within his borders is nobody's business, right? He could use chemical warfare against the Kurds and that was okay? He could systematically try to kill off the Shiites in the south and it was okay?

Obviously when people talk about "humanitarian efforts," just so they can oppose what is happening, they do so without facing the truth. The fact that the Hussein government has systematically killed, and starved, millions of their own people, for their own political ends.

You might want to think about the reality of war, and what it sometimes brings. In this case, the war isn't against the Iraqi people, just a tyrant and the army that would stand beside him, and carry out his blood bath against his own.

Of course, if not bringing this man down is your cup of tea, so be it. As for me, it's time tyrants like him be brought to justice. He's flaunted the resolutions from the UN in your faces, and ours, and you'd do nothing about it.

Please understand, this is not intended as a personal attack against you. I just wish people would read more, and try to really understand what's been happening within the Iraqi borders for years. It's time that the message be sent around the world, that tyrants, and those who support terrorism, will be brought to justice, whether or not it's "inconvenient" to business plans for countries like Russia, France, and Germany.

Also, I fail to understand what someone rehearsing their speech, or having make-up put on prior to giving the speech has to do with anything. Isn't that kind of a pathetic reach to find something to complain about?

Wolf