and now on to iraq's neighbor, iran. from the LAT:

Here we suddenly discover that Iran is much further along, with a far more robust nuclear weapons development program than anyone said it had," Powell said Sunday on CNN's "Late Edition." "It shows you how a determined nation that has the intent to develop a nuclear weapon can keep that development process secret from inspectors and outsiders if they really are determined to do it."

then it later points out:

Inspectors found centrifuges and other evidence that Iran had made more progress than anyone had thought

does powell actually believe he can just continue to lie and deceive the way he says saddam is lying and deceiving? i've said it a million times: IT'S HARDER AND HARDER TO TELL WHICH SIDE IS SPEAKING

so now the inspectors have found delivery systems that could carry dirty weapons. at this stage in the game, there's not much sense in expecting a totally defenseless iraq is there? the way i see it, bu$h is pushing and pushing saddam into a corner where he'll have no choice but to play right into the chimp's hands and get dirty. i dont know. dumbya has been stirring up this hornets nest like a bully brat edging for a fight, so how can anybody not think that we're going to get bit sooner or later?

from the committee for economic development:

"Perhaps for the first time in this country's history, most Americans could no longer expect their children and grandchildren to have higher living standards than their own."

not only are we suffering today, but generations of tomorrow will suffer because of this madman.