WAR DELAY COULD COST ALLIED LIVES

As France continues to push to delay military action, the result will be to complicate the mission of the allied forces when they invade Iraq. Once the temperature exceeds 70°F, chemical warfare protection gear becomes very difficult to wear. In Southern Iraq, temps are already rising into the 70s and 80s. Seasonal sandstorms are beginning to kick up in the Iraqi desert. If France succeeds in pushing this process for another month or two, then no invasion can take place until the fall, giving Saddam a lot of extra time to extend the Iraqi Manahattan Project, to process more toxins, to execute more political opponents, to rape the families of those who don't toe the line and to withhold money and food from Iraqi children. Not that we expect France to care about such things, since their oil contracts and shipment of military equipment to Iraq can continue.