Review - State of the Union

[andyfox]

"if we do attack Iraq, and remove Saddam, that will decrease the ability of the terrorist groups to obtain weapons of mass destruction."

Maybe. But maybe not. The next guy may be worse, even if we hand pick him. Our record in this regard is not good. A bunch of guys we're supporting, for example, in the former Soviet '-stans are basically Stalinists.

Terrorists always seem to find a place within which to operate with relative impunity. And getting rid of Hussein may only decrease their ability to obtain WMDs from Iraq.

I don't think working only the supply side of the equation will do much good unless we begin to attack the demand side as well.