[Hardball]

Also, not mentioned in the original thread, Zinni stated that "the containment policy was working"... ????

Is this the same containment policy that was forcing US aircraft to evade and attack numerous SAM sites on a daily basis?

Is this the same containment policy that was forcing us to monitor and board every ship moving in the Gulf because SH was smuggling oil and other goodies thru Iranian waters?

Is this the same containment policy which forced us to buy into the UN "Oil-for-food" program, which initial estimates state between 10-40 BILLION dollars were skimmed off and paid to dozens of countries to go easy on Iraq? (Quote: "The largest financial scandal in world history)

If we can't manage a hundred miles of Mexico's border south of San Diego... where tons of crap, and millions of people cross right in our back yard, how on God's green earth could we "CONTAIN" Saddam's nation?

HB