And I want to do away with rapist, dope dealers, illegal arms dealers, murderers, pedophiles, perverted priests, various and assorted mean people.

But, because New York has more than its share of the above does not mean I am corfortable about bombing New York--or even New Jersey.

Perhaps what you are ultimately concerned about is the exercise of power in a geographic area whose actions effect our economy? This would be something I could understand and could formulate reasons to protect our national self-interest.

There is no question that Iraq is an area controlled and dictated over by a tyrant.
However the same could be said about some fifty other nations. Certainly we are not considering going to war with all of them? Even on a serial basis it would bankrupt us, even though we certainly could prevail.

The leadership vacum that leaves the American people with a clear understanding of why we should exercise the ultimate sanction--against the substantial objection of most of our western allies--is a real, and genuine problem.

Publius