Vic,

I cannot be convinced that war is a good thing, but I agree it is a necessary thing at times. Right now I'm just not convinced this is the time.

If the US does indeed find credible, no doubt, objective evidence that Iraq was an imminent threat, then we are doing the right thing. However, all the evidence thus far has proven that we could have handled this better. A lot of people are pointing out that they've had 12 years to comply, yada yada yada. So what? So what if it took another 12? The entire time Iraq was under a microscope and couldn't fart without us hearing it. And imagine how far 80 BILLION dollars could have gone to beef up OUR borders instead of tear down Iraqs. That's not even considering the millions to keep the peace over there for the next few years; if we can. Look at Afganistan right now. We left a pretty big mess over there.

But if we can find some truely credible evidence, then this will be worth it. Evidently the 101st found a really suspicious site yesterday, and the labyrinth of tunnels in Bahgdad may just lead to the evidence. Let's hope so, so we can get on with re-building our foreign relations.

Found this a little later. It could be what we need, but it was a pretty fresh report without Command's verification:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces near Baghdad found a weapons cache of around 20 medium-range missiles equipped with potent chemical weapons, the U.S. news station National Public Radio reported on Monday.



NPR, which attributed the report to a top official with the 1st Marine Division, said the rockets, BM-21 missiles, were equipped with sarin and mustard gas and were "ready to fire." It quoted the source as saying new U.S. intelligence data showed the chemicals were "not just trace elements."


It said the cache was discovered by Marines with the 101st Airborne Division, which was following up behind the Army after it seized Baghdad's international airport.


U.S. Central Command headquarters in Qatar had no immediate comment.


The United States and Britain launched the war against Iraq (news - web sites) to rid the country of weapons of mass destruction. Iraq denies having such weapons.