Dolemite wrote:
] He's also half way around the world in a region that wants to
] handle their own problems. Even if it means that they ignore it.
]
] The Middle East neighbors of Iraq are making a mistake by
] staying out of the war, but dammit, it's their mistake to make.
] It may hurt them in the short term but in the mean time it
] "threatened our interests."

Hrm... Just as a point of fact, in 1991 Iraq had the 4th largest military in the world. They aren't what they were then, but they are still a serious force. I'm not sure that Iraq's neighbors feel like they are in a position to attack Iraq. Iran was at war with them for years. Kuwait fell rapidly to their invasion. Furthermore, their strength is mostly the result of western support in the 80's. We do bare responsibility for putting them in that position.

RE: JPB offers a (mostly) reasonable critique