"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Clams Canino wrote:

Time will tell.

What bothers me is those who seem to *want* an escallation of the
conflict
and more dead soldiers to nibble at Bush's aproval ratings. There are
plenty of ways to oppose Bush without counting dead troops like
trophies.

-W

Who wants an escalation of the conflict in Iraq?

I do wonder how many more body bags it will take before more Americans
finally realize the idiocy of Bush's political war against Iraq.

Saddam has been out of the picture as a player for many months now.

Do you anticipate a drastic change in the *security* situation in Iraq?
If so, why?

Yes and no. The Iraqi resistance will all but evaporate now that their
financier is in captivity. However, the battle-hardened al Qaeda insurgents
flooding into Afghanistan and Chechnya will continue to fight. Fortunately,
however, capturing Saddam will free up thousands of special ops forces to
confront the supply lines (both equipment and manpower).