[rdorman]

Thanks for posting a link to Brent Scowcroft's article. I found it interesting in a hind-sight sort of way. Obviously, he was right in certain respects and not in others. Too bad none of us own a crystal ball! In reading his description of Iraq, Saddam and his goals, I could not help but to think about a pre-war Japan. I would imagine that Scowcroft, today, does not approve of the invasion of Iraq but he might phrase it as a pre-emptive strike. I don't think any one has any illusions about Saddam's desire to recreate the map of the Middle East.