All questions that might be asked by any sane individual at this critical time can safely be dumped, then, in the understanding that imminent war is now simply a fact of life to be accepted. If the powerful have decided on a course of action, then who are +we+ to question or challenge what they have resolved to do. Owen continued:

"Unlike the last Gulf War, there's no option of leaving Iraq with Saddam still in power. This war +will+ happen and Saddam +will+ be disposed, and that message comes from the top." (Nicholas Owen)

Again, the "message from America", this time from the president himself, is war! And so Owen declares war a certainty and predicts the fall of Saddam Hussein. The media's job is simply to relay the message - rational and moral concerns are of no concern to our free press. Owen then moved on to discuss "The Risks" under a banner headline with the same words, indicating the possible need for hand-to-hand fighting on the streets of Baghdad:

"An urban warfare nightmare in which there could be many casualties... A risky strategy for any U.S. president in a country that doesn't readily accept its soldiers returning home in body bags."