Hi Splinx,

It IS nice to see you posting from your usual vantage point.
Just enough to be the pea under the bed and keep all these natives agitated.
There are many silent corporate projects concerning oil and the MIddle East that are currently carried out under our noses. A lot of our "wars" come from shady deals gone wrong in backroom politicking.
We may not be able to see the reasons, just the results.
It would be nice if the international community backs us up on nailing Sadam.
Risking the wrath of millions of angry Muslims, when so many of them live here within the US, and many million more in Grreat Britain, makes thing dicier for our security "forces" to control.
I hope that every aspect of our "war' agaisnt Iraq is carefully plotted and planned before the first step is ever taken.
Otherwise, the consequences could be irreparable and much more damaging than we ever expected.

Blair's speech yesterday:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2234502.stm