Gary, Pretty fascinating article. Hard to paint John Dean as a lefty - actually pretty hard to paint him as anything, which in my mind lends credence to his article. Although he did cite the "Iraq swims on a sea of Oil" statement and I have yet to determine if that is true at all. Personally, I sincerely hope that we find internationally verifiable evidence of the WMD. If not, I can see some radical Democrat (McDermott comes to mind) introducing Articles of Impeachment as we prepare for the 2004 election. Make no mistake about it, there are plenty of Democrats who are very steamed about the Clinton impeachment. Steamed enough to do the same to GW? I hope not, I don't think this country would do well with a second impeachment within 6 years.

Aunty, I wish I knew the answer to my original question as well. I would love to know the size of our enemy. It will be interesting to see the form and outcome of the Iraqi democratic Government. Clearly, that offers the best hope for long-term stability in the Arab world and the best possible outcome of our war with Iraq.