>>>If there was a direct threat & there were no alternative to war, then I would reconsider my position.
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>>>At present there is no direct threat presented by Iraq & there are many alternatives to going to to war.
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>>And how do you define a direct threat? When he masses his troops on the Iran border> When he massed his troops on the Kuwaiti border? Before or after he launched missiles at Israel?
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>Did I miss something in the news. At what point in the past few months were his troops at the borders of Iran or Kuwait ? At what point in the past few months were his missiles within 183km of Israel ? Have Iran, Kuwait or Israel indicated to you that they feel immediately threatened ?

What I asked was how do you define a direct threat. In the cases cited above, would you have considered them a direct threat?