BUMP! They are in the processing of confirming now. This no doubt makes some of us a little shakey over the safety of our troops, but it also opens up our options for battle quite early if there are Chem/Bio agents on board.
Our leaders may opt for a scorched earth policy prior to sending troops in. We can rebuild later at our liesure and their expense.
Personally, I would lay siege to Bagdad, evacuate the civilians and proceed to burn it to the ground. We can rebuild the future of Iraq on it's ashes and the grave of the tyrant.
It's been U.S. policy for decades that if WMD's were used on us, we'd respond in kind. Here's where the rubber meets the road where that's concerned, it looks like.