The administration clearly has not learned from history AND has got to be insane. The United States loses every war that it starts unilaterally. Furthermore, it is fundamentally corrupt - against the very fabric of the US - to unilaterally attack another nation only because our President does not like their leader.
We have no beef with this nation other than the personal biases of George Jr. All makes this NY Times article of 27 April 2002 is scary for every decent American. It does suggest how unrealistic this adminstration is and why military attacks against China, about a year ago, were too probable:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/in...st/28MILI.html
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