Larry, I think our objection to this "war', is not that it can't be painless or casualty free, but that it could escalate and get out of control and NO-ONE would know the outcome and the dangers.
Besides, there will be another information black-out, so we won't be able to see the damage being done. We'll be at the mercy of psy-ops.
CNN will be bloody fireworks from the sky 24/7 and we will be hooked on the horror of it, like we were with the Gulf War..... death and destruction comes with a horrid energy. It makes us cringe. It makes us sad. It makes us mad.

Our military people over in Afganistan are not allowed to talk to the press. They have cue cards about what they can and cannot say. And you have Gulf War Vets PROTESTING with others in Washington this weekend about even getting started again.
Let the inspections work. Clean him out.
But don't start shooting from the hip. What we will stir up in world wide hostilities and dissent will be bigger than the original threat. And with all this commotion going on; it will be easier for the terrorists to plan and execute their revenge world wide.
Just my 2 cents worth. Hope your son won't be deployed.
If he is used to take care of badly wounded Marines, he'll come back with stories from Hell.