I could sit here and repeat the pontifications about how no one wants war, but other people have already done an excellent job of that and, really, it ought to go without saying. My mother and my brother and my nieces and nephews live in Israel. I have cousins and friends there, as well. I worry about all of them and I worry about potential acts of retribution that may be coming here, as well.
But I've been worrying for a long time. Worry has almost become a way of life since 9/11, as it has been for Israelis since long before that. Doing nothing hasn't worked. Diplomacy hasn't worked. Empty threats and pleas and ultimatums haven't worked. Enough, already.
48 hours, Saddam. Ready or not, here we come.
