I agree Saddam is the sole target of any military venture. His army and guards are the unluck ones - I hope they have a contingency plan to drop their arms and surrender once any tanks roll in. It would be nice if there were a revolution right after any concentrated aerial fortification bombing - but that is probably too much to expect.

Assassination didn't work on Hitler and he was more public than Saddam. Naturally the whole process is a negative, messy affair. I would actuallylike to see Saddam taken alive, though I know that's about as likely as a thriving Dodo population to be discovered in Madagascar.

I think everyone wants to reduce casualties. That's why in the US there has been a division between the JCOS and Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld prefers to move in with a thousands of special forces - the military believes the conventional huge army is necessary. Needless to say if you are civilian casualty averse - the special forces method is the way to go.

Thanks for the poem,

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