"I think the bombing of WMD sites accompanied by Special Forces on the ground if necessary, will be a cost-effective solution." But look at the assumptions here: (1) That we know where the WMD sites are—hell of a lot of mountains in Iran—how, to put it delicately, do you solve the Osama Bin Forgotten problem? Or, worse yet, the bunkers are buried in major urban areas, so that going after them will involve massive, mostly civilian casualties, further inflaming millions of Muslims around the world? (2) That our guys are able to get in and out without a total, God-awful crockup. These scenarios always sound so clean and, well, "surgical." Given our record to date, where is the cause for optimism? I, too, read a lot of Dale Brown and Tom Clancy and get off on reading about the boys with toys. Could you please do a bit more to reassure us that you haven't been imbibing too freely of military thrillers and can actually cite a few cases, even just one, in which this kind of recommendation has ever worked as planned? -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd. 55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-0006, JAPAN