JR,
I'm very IMPRESSED and very HAPPY. Throwing Saddam to the lions makes the world a safer place.
BUT .. unless the action is turned into a world more determined to stop proliferation of weapons, we haven't done anything in the grand scale of things.
How can Bush and Co. turn this into a long-tem policy of the US, the UN, or any other body? How could the other security council members be convinced that this is an issue worth fighting for? What will the world be like if dozens of countries have nuclear weapons? Bush will only be president for four or eight years. It is not likely that the next president will be as resolute as he is on this issue. Assuming WMD's are found, can this success be turned into some long-term policy view?
How much will it matter if Saddam is overthrown and NK gets nuclear weapons? [I bet they don't have them yet, BTW]. They don't seem to be shy about selling their weapons either.
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