all this global politics is a bunch of poop. you send poor and middle class sons and daughters to die for power and glory of the rich and powerful. that is how it's always been done and that is how it is done now. this is no different. there is no proof that saddam ever had an intent of attack ing th eUS. no proof he had any substantive links with al quaeda. liek his father, this bush will be thrown out for incompetency and hopefully the power structure behind him will be replaced with a new republican party. Bush could still run as a whig since his policies seem to be taken form their book. countries get rich by trading not by declaring war. evenif it was for oil, the savings goten by the oil will never justify the costs of war 9even in pure monetary terms.) the benficiaries will be halliburton and the like while the taxpayer gets stiffed.