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President Bush should answer these 10 questions about his policy of waging war against Iraq. Although President Bush has made several attempts to explain why deposing Saddam Hussein is worth risking U.S. lives, millions of Americans remain unconvinced.

1. Isn�t it possible that invading Iraq will cause more terrorism than it prevents? Al-Qaeda has explicitly threatened to murder innocent Americans in retaliation for a U.S. raid on Iraq. Why hasn�t Mr. Bush addressed this possibility? General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, says: "Attacking Iraq will detract from our primary mission against al-Qaeda, supercharge anti-American sentiment in the Arab street and boost al-Qaeda's recruiting.�

2. Why do you believe a U.S.-led �regime change� will do any more good in Iraq than it did in Panama, Haiti, or Bosnia? If the history of U.S. intervention is any guide, Bush will merely replace one dictator with another.

3. Why do you maintain that Iraq poses a more immediate threat than North Korea?

4. You say Saddam has refused to comply with U.N. weapons inspectors. Does that mean that you intend to subject Americans to U.N. mandates in the future? What happens when the UN decrees that it�s our turn to submit to a weapons inspection? Will Mr. Bush refuse such requests? (Hypocrite?) How could he comply without betraying U.S. sovereignty?

5. You point out that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction that �could� be turned over to terrorists. But couldn�t the same be said of Pakistan, North Korea, and dozens of other nations? And do you intend to launch pre-emptive strikes against them as well?

6. Considering that many of the September 11 hijackers were Saudi nationals � not Iraqis � why haven�t you publicly accused the Saudi government of sponsoring terrorism? Bush has struggled mightily to produce a link between Iraq and the 9/11 terrorists, while refusing to address allegations of Saudi complicity.

7. Why have you stopped mentioning the name of the one individual who has been most closely linked to the 9/11 attacks: Osama bin Laden? Is invading Iraq just Bush�s way of punishing Saddam Hussein for the crimes of bin Laden?

8. If Saddam is really a threat to the Middle East, why do his neighbors seem to fear him less than the U.S. government does?

9. Won�t attacking Iraq make Saddam more likely to launch a biological or chemical attack?

10. If your Iraq policy is so successful, why are Americans more afraid than ever? As the attack against Iraq draws near, the Homeland Security Department has raised the terrorist threat level to orange.

posted by Hal 5:01 AM