] The general who commanded U.S. forces in the 1991 Gulf
] War says he hasn't seen enough evidence to convince him
] that his old comrades Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and Paul
] Wolfowitz are correct in moving toward a new war now. He
] thinks U.N. inspections are still the proper course to
] follow. He's worried about the cockiness of the U.S. war
] plan, and even more by the potential human and financial
] costs of occupying Iraq.
]
] And don't get him started on Defense Secretary Donald
] Rumsfeld.
]
] In fact, the hero of the last Gulf War sounds
] surprisingly like the man on the street when he discusses
] his ambivalence about the Bush administration's hawkish
] stance on ousting Saddam Hussein. He worries about the
] Iraqi leader, but would like to see some persuasive
] evidence of Iraq's alleged weapons programs.
]
] "The thought of Saddam Hussein with a sophisticated
] nuclear capability is a frightening thought, okay?" he
] says. "Now, having said that, I don't know what
] intelligence the U.S. government has. And before I can
] just stand up and say, 'Beyond a shadow of a doubt, we
] need to invade Iraq,' I guess I would like to have better
] information."
]
] He hasn't seen that yet, and so -- in sharp contrast to
] the Bush administration -- he supports letting the U.N.
] weapons inspectors drive the timetable: "I think it is
] very important for us to wait and see what the inspectors
] come up with, and hopefully they come up with something
] conclusive."

Desert Caution (washingtonpost.com)