[JL8Jeff]

Let's try this again. Saddam was trying to get/build nuclear weapons. That makes him a threat to everyone in the world. Africa is not looking for nuclear weapons so they are not near the top of the list. Iraq is a smaller country with an ineffective military so they were the first target. Iran and North Korea are too big with too many people/military to just march in and do anything. Pakistan and India are way too big to try and do anything about them having nuclear weapons but they appear to have them just to keep each other in check. The rest of the world will put enough pressure on North Korea because they are a big threat to China and Japan so we don't need to go into North Korea. Iran will be the biggest problem, but since we now have a foothold in Iraq it gives us a much better ability to keep them in check as we rally the rest of the UN to try and deal with them. The idea is to try and let democracy grab a foothold in Iraq and hope some of the other middle east countries want the same thing. I seriously doubt that will happen in our lifetime but you have to start somewhere. The one thing you don't see on tv is how grateful the Iraqi people are that we came in and ousted Saddam. The media just spins the violence which is all they do for our own news as well.