We can be happy underground. . .

Instead of standing and duking it out with the Zionist Oppressor Infidels, it is highly likely that Saddam will go into hiding, if he has not done so already.

“When the bombs start, he will do one thing: try to survive,” said retired Air Force Col. John Warden, an air planner in the 1991 war. “I don’t think there is much else he will be able to do. We’re going to be able to put a real paralysis on Iraq in an operational and strategic level.”

Saddam has little motive to leave the capital because it would mean relinquishing power. Being holed up in a bunker or tunnel cuts him off from his military commanders.

If Saddam moves overland, the CIA may be in a position to kill him with one shot of the Predator’s Hellfire missile, as the agency has done against two prominent al Qaeda leaders.

“I really suspect the best opportunity is with the Predator,” Col. Warden said. “When the Predator sees him, it is ready to shoot.”

That a shame really. So much for being the Air Force pilot or Marine platoon to take Saddam. Imagine if the credit for taking out Saddam ends up going to a machine? Welcome to the future of warfare.