Two wars at once?

[TheDragoon]

Finally with US so stretched out, I could imagine other hostile countries taking advantage of the situation.

You mean like North Korea? Personally, I don't see how other countries could think they can get away with what North Korea has been. If war with Iraq happens, then I'm sure it'll be over in a rather short period of time at which point a good portion of the forces centered there will likely just go right back over to the Pacific. The reason that such overwhelming numbers are centered around Iraq right now would be to proceed with an overwhelming attack that effectively wins the war in as short a period as possible so that they can get out of there quickly.

In addition, I think that many people lose sight of the fact that the US is most likely working toward resolving the North Korean solution in a more round-about manner. They could very likely be pressuring China to pressure North Korea to back down as we speak but they don't want to let it get out lest China lose face from the situation. With respect to North Korea, there are many, many different ways in which the situation can be resolved, most of them not causing war at all whereas with Iraq, most options have been tried and they have resisted, fought, and lied the entire way. For those reasons, I see the two situations as very different and there's really no reason to lump them together, assuming that both will lead to war. :)