Man in the Street

I've noticed that when a TV News crew doing man-in-the-street interviews talks to someone who's against the war, the next question is, "but you support our troops, right?" They never ask that of someone who says he's pro-war.

I think that's backwards. If the war is justified, it's because Iraq has ABC weapons. If Saddam has them he will use them on our troops. So if you think the war is a justified, you must be expecting US troops to take hideous losses. Funny way to support our troops, I'd say.

But if the war is unjustified, Saddam has no atomic, chemical, or biological weapons; then the US's huge advantage in men and materiel means that victory will be quick and relatively bloodless. Bloodless for us, at any rate. Still, that's better than the alternative, and I hope that's how it goes.

But just remember: if Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction", he'll use them. If he doesn't use such weapons, we may be sure than any that are found after the war were planted by the US.