War is normal in the history of nations. The fact that wars are fought mostly "over there" and not here in the US is -well - it is a pretty fortunate combination of circumstance and timing. Saddam is a threat but not of the Hitlerian type. He may aspire to be a Hitler but he certainly does not have the military capability of WW II Germany nor does he have the military staff that Hitler put together. I am not afraid of Saddam in the sense that his capability of delivering a blow to the US mainland is near nil.
Might he have a few chemical weapons sitting around waiting to unleash on US troops or maybe Israel? Yes. Maybe a few but in the context of a war and compared to the history of war, I don't think it is significant at all.
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