(Daily Telegraph - UK) Richard Perle - The Iraqi force today is a third of what it was in 1991, and it is the same third, 11 years closer to obsolescence. By contrast, America and even some of its allies have made enormous improvements in their ability to detect, and destroy with precision strikes, the critical elements of Saddam's military power. Alongside Iraqis eager to liberate their country, Saddam will crumble far more quickly than the critics of pre-emption expect.
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