Eddie,

Yes but we risk opening up a wider conflict which we are clearly not ready to do as Iraq has proven. Bush is taking so much heat for his second foray into answering this question and it is clear that the understanding is not there with the American people so the will to proceed is following way behind. I mean who honsestly wants to be at war? One side does moe than the other. But regardless of want when the bell rings you have to be willing to fight or accept the consequences. Giving them what they want presents more risk to us than doing what we have to do now.