[Chapita]

USE 'EM OR LOSE'EM TIME is right around the corner. I am very curious as to how Dubya will react.

[Cold Heat]

W is a master poker player! He knows that you cannot run a bluff without being willing to show your hand if called.

Saddam and the U.N. have both been calling his bluff.

This movement of troops is as much directed at the U.N. as it is Saddam.

That comment the other day by the chief U.N. Inspector about the lack of intelligence sharing by the U.S. did not set very well with the administration. Blix does not appear to be using the tools that we gave him. In addition, the Iraq declaration was bogus and Saddam is waiving his sword constantly.

If a internal coup is possible, it will not happen until we are on the brink. Looks like we are moving the game pieces to show that a attack is imminent in order to provoke a reaction. If the reaction does not come, we will unload a pile of intel on the public and go in simultaneously.

Many months ago, I picked the date as January 18th. It is a full moon.

[Jeff Chandler]

Iraq has missiles that could carry biological weapons to Israel, Kuwait or U.S. troop concentrations within Iraq, Pentagon officials say.

This is the wildcard. If he uses bioweapons on Israel, Iraq is toast.

[patriciaruth]

I am very curious as to how Dubya will react.

An awful lot of our "use or lose 'em" stuff is moving to the Gulf now. Full court press is on for the Iraqi military to bag Saddam and drag him out of the country in exchange for immunity and no war. Worth a try, as that would lessen the threat of the WMD's being used against us.

Have you voted in the Iraq Attack pool time? Or do you just "like to watch?" :-)

[jwh_Denver]

I am very curious as to how Dubya will react.

FWIW, I'm hearing sometime in Feb is D-Day. But my thinking is that is a leak Bush wants Saddam to believe so I would say anytime now. They're talking aircraft carriers heading to the region but I don't think they are needed for the first assualt. War is deception.