I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.

His last Army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command overseeing United States Armed Forces operations in a 25-country region including the Middle East. He also commanded the 84th Armored Engineer Company and served as Regimental Assistant S-3 during this tour. On March 26 2008 he was elected to the board of directors of Chuck E.

S. Tommy Ray Franks (born June 17 1945) is a retired general in the United States Army. general leading the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in 2001.