[Kenton]

I do feel sorriest for Israel as they are smaller and closer than we are.

Don't misjudge the Israelis. They are watching Saddam as closely as we are. And they are not the least bit shy about pre-emptive action. Remember when they unilaterally took out the Osirak nuclear reactor just before it was about to go online? Nobody in America was even aware of Saddam's nuke program, but the Israelis just went in and destroyed it, meaning that Saddam didn't have nukes during Desert Storm.

There is no question about the Israelis having nukes, and they probably have the most advanced chemical and biological warfare program in the middle east.

If they have the slightest inclination that Saddam is about to use weapons of mass destruction against them, they will obliterate Iraq while we are busy talking about it.

[BriarBey]

Yep...good for the Israelis. At least they think defensively and not politically correct. How can we expect to fight fair when Saddam sure isn't going to. This is not a gentlemens game of chess, its war and war is nasty, there is no way to sugar coat it. It makes me sad, but if I have to die, if my children have to die for future generations then so be it. Blood has always been the cost of freedom and thousands died to give me what I have enjoyed thus far.
Pray for our leaders, pray for our country, this is a holy war. The sons of Issac against the sons of Ishmel. Seems like life use to be a lot less complicated than it is now, and a lot less scary.

[185JHP]

The Israelis have planes fully fueled, engines running, pilots in them, at all times. They *could* be armed with leaflets that say "Please don't hurt us!"...