Focus on the Goals of a War with Iraq

The U.N. has authorized inspections of Iraq to search for weapons of mass destruction. We have some pretty good ideas about where to look. Let’s visit a suspicious place with a team of inspectors and Special Forces soldiers to protect them. We drop in from the air and shoot nobody unless shot at. We do a local inspection, and if the weapons are found, we destroy them quickly and get out. Then we drop in on another suspicious place. This is better than a mass invasion. When hard evidence for weapons of mass destruction is found, we thereby justify firmer action, including war if necessary.

John C. Fisher

Carpinteria

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Before considering attacking Iraq, why don’t we find Osama bin Laden and break up Al Qaeda? Of course, if Bin Laden is hiding out in Iraq, and/or Saddam Hussein is offering him safe sanctuary, well, maybe then....

Bill Utvich

Los Angeles

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If the Arabs are truly sick of Western interference, then they should police Hussein themselves, if for no other reason than that Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction pose a danger to them, and allocate a desirable section of their more than 5 million collective square miles as a new Palestinian homeland. Percentage-wise, this would be a tiny sacrifice compared with Israel doing the same, and it would place the Palestinians near neighbors sympathetic to their cause.

Bob Wenokur

Santa Clarita