[...] I still discount a lot of what I hear about war preparations because I believe that our military can keep a secret quite well. On the other hand, the situation is not necessarily improving with time. The longer we wait, the more likely Saddam will be able to use whatever WMD he has. In the past few weeks, there have been a lot of stories about the reluctance of the military to go to war. I have no doubt that the senior military leadership has reservations. War is a serious undertaking and Generals will let the civilian leadership know the downside of any undertaking. But we should never doubt that when the President says go, the Armed Forces will go wholehheartedly. The American Armed Forces down to the individual soldier, sailor, airman and marine vowed to obey the civilan leadership and will do so. My career military friends express it this way: Tell the Boss how you feel about a decision he is about to make. If you think it is a bad one, tell him the reasons you think so. Keep on telling him until you are told to shut up, then do everything in your power to make his plans successful. I think the first part is what we have been seeing. Now we will probably soon see the "make it a success part."