Larry, Those troops are there for WAR??.. Again, I'm not following your logic?...
I suppose that is a risk of the WAR our President is advocating. The WAR is supposed to begin with a massive and unprecedented bombing (pummeling) of Bagdad..... Saddam may very well use such weapons in defense, or even pre-emptively against US troops. But this is WAR - a pre-emptive or offensive war on the part of the US.