[alloysteel]

One of Saddam's most potent, and overlooked, weapons - the cash flow from the clandestine sale of oil outside the restrictions set on the daily production, used to promote and encourage efforts to overthrow and cripple the US and the Western world in general.

North Korea and the Philipines are distractions, designed to pull the focus of the US away from Iraq.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Fighting Moslem killers in the Phillipines is no distraction and,in fact, is part of the battle against Islamic terrorism. Moslem killers from the Phillipines conceived the methodology of 9/11 and supplied training, funding, inspiration to the OKC bombers. Maybe personnel too.

It is one of Saddam's fronts and should be considered as such.

N. Korea will have to wait its turn and watch the Appeasement Movement whine at being taken up on its word when we deal with it.