<< b >Is any collateral damage we could do liberating that country going to be worse than what will happen if we do nothing? < /b >
Tom, you pose a good question; I do not know the answer to that one. (I suppose it would depend on the outcome of what the ‘outlaw’ would do if the U.S does nothing.)
But, before you consider me as an enemy of the United States, let me explain my viewpoint.
I agree with you on the point that SOMETHING must be done. I also believe that law and order and freedom of speech should be the norm for all people everywhere.

Going back to the ‘western analogy’. If Sadam is the ‘outlaw’ and Bush is the ‘sheriff’ then the United Nations is the ‘Judge and the jury’. The ‘sheriff’ should bring the ‘outlaw’ in to the ‘Judge’ to be sentenced. At this point in time all the members of the jury are not convinced that the outlaw is guilty of all the grimes that he is accused of, even though they believe that he is a bad man. More evidence is needed in their opinion before a death sentence can be issued.

Perhaps the evidence is forthcoming.

Johannes