When tanks moved across the border from Kuwait. I Figure the air war will start when it is most politically convenient.

Everyone should know by now that I have been vehemently opposed to this war since January 2001. See here http://www.ccmep.org/us_bombing_watch.html

The US is bankrupt and needs to steal someone's oil to bail themself out. But, I digress.

The problem facing the world right now is what will happen next. France is getting the blame, but Russia and China still have to make their stance known, and that isn't getting reported to the American people. Here's what was reported in the Guardian...

"In Moscow, Mr Putin said a war without UN approval "would be fraught with the gravest consequences, will result in casualties and destabilise the international situation in general ... We stand for resolving the problem exclu sively through peaceful means. Any other option would be a mistake."

That could very well be diplo-speak for saying attack and we'll get involved militarily. Despite the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia can still field a formidable army, and they have as many nukes as the US.

If the UN says that the attack is a no go, then Canada and quite a few other countries will be called to rise up again the US, Britain, and Australia to halt the attack and eject the invaders. Don't think it can't happen.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens. As far as the air war goes, sorry guys, Bomber Harris and Goering thought they could win the war from the air. In Aghansitan they more or less bombed rubble into rubble. Unless the US is prepared to completely flatten the country, they will still have to send in the PBI, and never under-estimate what a desparate people will do when fighting for their home. Not a single Iraqi thinks that they would be better off under an American oil regime; they don't really like Saudi Arabia.

Also to be considered is the number of non-Iraqis currently flocking to help defend. At least enough for an infantry division is on the way, and I wouldn't be surprised if another could be mustered is a call went out.

I wonder if history will be as kind to the war mongers as it was to the German people who supported Hitler. We witnessed that, so we should be expected to know better, and yet we see it happening again.