Bush Openly Admits Risks

Even the Bush Administration is starting to admit the potential risks of Gulf War II. (Note: you'll need to do a one-time registration to access the NYTimes online site - it's worth it.) Some excerpts: "According to his aides, President Bush has to prepare the country for what one senior official calls 'the very real possibility that this will not look like Afghanistan,' a military victory that came with greater speed than any had predicted, and with fewer casualties." "If Mr. Bush decides to begin military action without explicit United Nations approval, other nations may well withhold support for what promises to be the far more complex operation of stabilizing and rebuilding Iraq while preventing religious and political score-settling and seeking out well-hidden weapons stores before others find them, not to speak of continuing the war on terror." "'There is a lot to keep us awake at night,' one senior administration official said."