He does seem to have a very effective internal security set-up
in place and has destroyed factional opposition in the shape
of the Marsh Arabs and Kurds. If we want him out then we'll
actually have to go do it ourselves.
Now, is the game worth the candle - my worry is that this will
turn up the wick under pan-Arab fundamentalism. The Middle
Eastern Arab states are by and large fragile and I fear that we
will long-term reap a destabilised region for the short-term
pleasure of kicking Saddam out of Iraq.
And thats if the action doesn't trigger yet another Arab-Israeli
war into the bargin,
-- Andrew