Let's do some math: 2,000 bombs per night. Let's say they're not so precise, so maybe 20% miss its target (where they will go? But to bomb heaven, of course, suiciding themselves before hitting anything innocent). That leaves a rough 1,800. In 18 nights, this sums up to 32,400 bombs. Now, Milan, my city, is almost the size of Baghdad. If I count all the possible military targets, including some banks, plants, etc (not so military, ok, but let's, for sake of maths... and my city is Western, so we have more industries, more plants, more of all), I will arrive to roughly 200 sites. Hm. This means 162 bombs/missiles per single site. Whoa! Possible solutions to the math problem: 1) Iraq's military targets are made of titanium, or kryptonite, and won't collapse no way after a mere 20 missiles, but go up to receive the hundreds. 2) Bombs are not so effective. They hit and a flag comes out with the "KaBoom!" word written in gaudy lettering. 3) They're not surgically precise as it's claimed them to be. If the case is (1), maybe an hydrogen bomb could be taken into serious consideration. If the case is (2), we're all a bunch of funny guys. If the case is (3), alas, the attackers are laying waste. Ok, just kidding. Your points: 1. Where's the proof that Blix hid things on purpose? Where are the chemical factories? I watch American media, never heard any of these, only "hints" immediately taken back. 2. The math above. 3. Agree on the man Saddam Hussein. He's a criminal. 4. Again, no proof of connections with terrorism. He paid the suicide bombers because they were his last, feeble and pathetic resort to fight this already lost war. 5. I would be the first one (and with me so many others, maybe in the millions) to be oh-so-happy if the USofA will begin to think of their people and stop playing the Sheriff of the World. Unlikely, but very welcomed. I know you feel you're doing the right thing. I feel not. And you have a good point: the final result will be somewhat better for the daily life of Iraqi people. This is the only (the only) thing that makes this war barely bearable for me. I hope it will be finished as soon as possible, and with the less possible casualties among all the people involved. Fighting and not figthing. Troops and civilians. Iraqis, British and Americans. Stefano