As an International Relations major at Stanford, I thought I might add something to this post. One of my teachers, Chip Blacker, was the National Security Advisor to Bill Clinton during his administration, and I consider him to be one of the best minds for this stuff in the entire country. Blacker, a Democrat, says that attacking Iraq is imperative to maintaining security in the Middle East. Although Iraq does not have the delivery systems to reach the United States, they have the means to develop them. In addition, Iraq certainly has bio/chem weapons. So the decision to take action now, while unpopular, assures the US and our allies that an invasion later will not be as a result of a terrible attack launched by head chief in Iraq. After the Gulf War, the UN seized over twenty kilograms of VX gas, a deadly chemical weapon. Roughly ten grams of VX can kill every person in the world, assuming it was spread out perfectly. I am simply saying this because I am certain that my teacher knows what he is talking about. As I said before, my teacher is not a big fan of Bush by any means, so don't reply that he is just another conservative sticking up for his president.
