Mr Bush, Sir, the United States Navy is preparing to surround the Persian Gulf and General Tommy Franks is ready give out the order that's hovering on the tip of his tongue: to fill Iraqi skies with fighter jets. You're flirting with Kurdish rebels in the north and the Muslim groups in Basra to oppose Saddam Hussein. The world needs to have your answers to the following questions:

First of all, how important is it to attack Iraq? If it is i