When Libya was bombed to quell Khadafi's sabre rattelling ,I saw a decided benefit.This is different though ,in that its going to be seen as an attack on Islam not just a Lunatic.The likes of Osama aren't going to be detered by an obliteration of Iraq ,they'll only gain support and some may be US citizens . Attacking Iraq thinking its going to stop the terrorists from getting WMD is shortsighted ,Ex-soviet countries also may be willing to sell ,are we going to have to take them out as well just to be pre-emptive?Hitting Iraq allows the Gov. to show they are doing something to protect their citizens .To comment on the Conspiracy theory ,its interesting that after the UN failed to throw their support in ,the US government raised the the threat to Orange based on increased chatter/communications during the religious celebration of Hajj,isn't Christmas a cause for increased communications traffic here ,why would that be seen as ominous.Was this raisng of the Threat level to at least increase the home support for action (lets get them before they get us mentallity)