[EternalHope]

Me: We are not currently deterred, and Saddam must certainly realize this.

You: I don't think he realizes anything of the sort. This is a game of Chicken: the outcome is still unknown.

Maybe at one time it was, but I don't see it that way now. To be a game of chicken, each side must believe the other side may eventually back down.

Personally, I think President Bush has gone too far to back down now. Likewise with Saddam.

I agree completely, however, that the outcome is still unknown. Most Americans vastly underestimate how serious a major attack on us could be. The stakes are incredibly high.

[johnny7]

No. The stakes are as high as they ever were. Some men fight and some don't.

Saddam will be having lunch in a dumpster soon. Life goes topsy-turvy sometimes.

Go dig a bigger hole junior.