Trying not to freak out, here...
I had to opt out of the blogosphere yesterday-- it's amazing how much stuff you miss from just one day.
Yesterday, Bill Quick (from whom I shamelessly snagged many of the references in the post directly below, by the way--cheers, Bill!) posted one of the most disturbing things I've ever read.
It's about the story of the weaponized, vaccine-resistant smallpox that Iraq may have acquired from a Russian scientist. I'm not going to summarize it. Just read his post if you haven't already. (I haven't had a chance to check, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was heavily-linked yesterday.)
Bill:
I've mused all along that it seemed to me that in our dealings with Iraq, there seemed to be some "x-factor" at work, something we couldn't see that would explain much of the craziness of our actions.