MarcoPolo is passionately rallying to rage against the Enemy Within. 

Here was my response:

Regardless of whether your discernment of a *war* against *our very own leaders* is an accurate assesment or not, we didn't just imagine 9/11.  Nor are the precise perpetrators of that act *just imagining* similar and even more horrendous acts against us in the days and years ahead.  It would be nice to pretend that if we deposed our own leaders, that butterflies could go back to wing-flapping without hurricane concerns.  But such imaginings just don't concur with the reality signatures of this world.  If anyone, Saddam fits the model of Hitlerian excellence and ruthlessness much better than George--at least for now.  Damn if his expansionist land-grasping during the Persian Gulf War wasn't exactly the fulfillment of the Nazi concept of Lebensraum. 

Yes, I share your concern for the abuse and potential for abuse of power by American leadership.  But seeing a little brush fire burning nearby doesn't deter me from also seeing the forest fire about to rage out of control down the road.  Yes, I will probably take a sec to stifle the brush fire near my house first--to save my own house and prevent a second wildfire.  But having done so, I won't just walk back inside and turn on the news to see updates on the fire down the road.  Hell no!   I will, of course, go fight that too.  And because it is more ferocious and potentially dangerous to all, my counter-efforts will be in kind. 

No, Saddam et. al. are not the kind of wildfire that will extinguish themselves if/when  they observe good American householders dousing brush (Bush) in their backyards with pans and pots of water.  And if the flames of their fire are allowed to reach our continent again , all the pots and pans of water in America will become mere symbols of futility in repressing the impending devastation.