[alloysteel]

The US does not have an "obsession" with removal of Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. We have a duty, much as a homeowner would have in opening a sewer line clogged with root growth. First, remove the tree, then dig up the sewer line, and clean out or replace as needed. Dirty, tedious, expensive, and diverts resources from other aspects of life, but necessary. Of course, removing Saddam from power may mean a whole lot of life changes for the Hussein family, but at the moment we are not particularly concerned with his comfort or his quality and enjoyment of life.

[stalin]

good analogy. I doubt we'll do what's needed though. The line may get some rotor rootering....maybe. but no digging or repairing is likely to be acomplished. It's just too difficult.

Politicains do what is politically expedient not what is necessary for furture prosparity. They take the path of least resistance. Somtimes that path of least resistence requires some bombing and maybe a regime change now and then becase political pressure demands it but actually fixing the problem is almost never a political requirment in the short term and politicains are usually only looking as far as the next election.

That's what got us into this mess in the first place.