"Oh, what gift the genie give us,
but to see ourselves as others see us."

There is usually a reason. May not be definitive, but there is usually a reason.

Saddam is a bad guy, no doubt about it. And, I wouldn't tolerate his having WMD. And, there are limited reasons to believe he is involved in the action against the US.

AND, I can't help but think that the economic reason behind the Bush-Cheney iniative is installing a regime which is friendlier to US oil interests. The PR initiative has started - there's a reason for releasing the information about the American pilot now and not when they first knew about it.

Europeans don't seem to care about the Bush-Cheney oil interests, and therefore don't seem to have the interest in attacking Hussein.

I believe (opinion, eb) a part of American foreign policy has been hijacked by Halliburton.

Arf