[the_doc]

Bush is in no hurry to take on Saddam and his anthrax sleepers.

Your cynicism is grounded in ignorance. Bush is not afraid of anthrax attacks on U.S. soil. (No one in the administration is especially afraid of anthrax attacks anymore.)

Nukes are a whole 'nother matter. But the nuclear threat is why we need to advance the timetable, and the POTUS knows that. He will not wait forever on the U.N.

[The Great Satan]

You're the one who is misinformed. Saddam doesn't have nukes, nor is he ever likely to get one, let alone test one, under the watchful eyes of the US and Israel. The "nuke" thing, like the "smallpox" thing, is for propagandistic purposes: neither are plausible threats from Saddam. Saddam has already made it very clear to Bush what is going to happen if he tries to retaliate against Iraq for 9-11:

THIS IS NEXT
WE HAVE THIS ANTHRAX
YOU CAN NOT STOP US

Bush understands this only too well. Why do you think Saddam is still standing there, laughing at the US? Do you think he's afraid of America, the most powerful nation on earth? It sure doesn't look that way, does it? What's his secret? Why do you think the FBI is still putting on an absurd, Keystone Cops-esque charade, still publicly scratching their heads over the "mystery" of the anthrax threats? Hmmm, was it a 9/11 terrorist, or a "disgruntled white loner"? That's a real tough one, isn't it? Not.