Here are two excellent pieces on the impending war with Iraq: one by Richard Cohen and the other by Philip Bobbitt. Between the two, they outline what are to my mind the bare essentials of the Iraq issue. In many ways, this is what I have been trying to say so badly over the past few weeks. This is why I support the war on Iraq. For the rest of Bush's pre-emption strategy--I'll have to see. I certainly see his point. I think the policy's detractors overestimate both the success of former strategies and the probable problems inherent to Bush's ideas. And with that, perhaps I can make myself leave this issue be.