[B. A. Conservative]

The road to Baghdad has been paved.

Will it be a freeway or a toll road? The answer depends on whether Saddam is completely insane or not. After the last Gulf war, no rational human being could suffer from any remaining delusions regarding Iraq's chances for military equivalence or Saddam's chances of survival once a shooting war has begun and blood spilled. If Saddamn has any contact with reality, he will take his money leaving Iraq to successors under the guidance of the US or UN. On the other hand if Saddam has completely lost contact with reality, there is still hope that somone on his staff will punch Saddam's ticket saving us the toll fee.

[maica]

Someone who has spent his country's huge income on new forts, euphemisticaly known as palaces, while 'thousands of children die each month' as a result of the 'sanctions' isn't considering giving it up. He does not see himself as vulnerable.