Because none of those countries attacked three of it's neighbors using them, were forcibly expelled from a neigboring country and agreed to disarm as part of the surrender agreement. We have not picked Iraq out a hat to disarm them. They asked to be disarmed when they used their weapons against their neighbors AND their own people (Northern Kurds). Name some... And I mean a country that has used WoMD in an offensive manner without provocation. Not that are on the same level as the one Iraq is flouting. Did you not listen to the same presentation of Hans Blix that I did? He stated that not only did they find things, they found more things than Iraq reported. They found Iraq had developed weapons with a greater range, and in amounts in excess of the agreements. What is stunning for any intelligent person, is that he then followed that by saying he saw no problem with Iraq and that they were following the agreement. He basically said they WEREN'T in compliance, but that is was not a problem for him. There was such a thing, vis-a-vis Iraq. It was called the Invasion of Kuwait and the bombing of Israel with Scud missiles... What is happening now is of a piece with that. When we booted them out of Kuwait, they agreed to disarm as part of the surrender. They have not been keeping their word. They are in breach of their obligations, AND have been continuing to develop illegal weapons. Al