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9/24/2002

Gored: Britain's Blair reveals case against Iraq
A day after presidential wannabe Al Gore stakes out an anti-war position vis a vis Iraq, saying it isn't a threat, Britain's prime minister releases a dossier on Saddam detailing the threat. Poor Al's got terrible timing.

"Unless we face up to the threat, not only do we risk undermining the authority of the U.N., whose resolution he defies, but more importantly and in the longer term, we place at risk the lives and prosperity of our own people," Blair said.

Who you gonna believe - the guy who has access to the latest intelligence data or the guy who doesn't?

Blair's detailed 50-page dossier detailing Saddam Hussein's extensive weapons-of-mass-destruction program and Saddam's readiness to use such weapons even against his own people is shocking even to those like me who have read extensively about Iraq. Saddam is not a growing future threat. He's a threat now.

Blair released a similar indictment of the Taliban and al Qaeda shortly before the U.S. commenced to make war on Afghanistan. My guess is war is imminent against Iraq, with or without U.N. approval. It will start soon after Congress passes a resolution authorizing the use of military force against Saddam's regime.

Here's what I think will happen: The U.N. will dither and continue to put its hope in "weapons inspections," although Saddam will continue to put obstacles in the way of effective inspections. Congress will pass the resolution by mid-October. Shortly thereafter, Bush will address the nation, via televised address either from the Oval Office or in a speech to a joint session of Congress, and declare that the U.N. has proven itself to be ineffective, impotent and therefore irrelevant in dealing with the Iraq problem, and therefore the U.S. has no choice but to deal with Iraq with the help of our allies. Within hours, stealth bombers will begin the attack on Iraq.