As President Bush singled out Afghanistan's Taliban regime Thursday as a potential military target, there is increasing speculation that the United States may launch some kind of attack against Iraq as part of its amorphous new war against global terrorism. With Bush holding a far-ranging mandate from Congress in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a group of hawks within the administration have renewed their call for the head of Saddam Hussein.

So...we have civilians with no war experience, representing the Defense Dept., wanting an expanded war and an ex-General with war experience, the Secretary of State, wanting to be careful about this. I'm glad Powell is there.