What if the U.S. invades Iraq but can't find Saddam Hussein? Considering how strenuously the Bush Administration has tried to personalize the war--Colin Powell mentioned Saddam 72 times in one presentation to the U.N.--it would be a political blow, particularly after the escape in Afghanistan of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar. Says Senator John McCain: "It could be an embarrassment, just like bin Laden."
The fear is that Saddam could easily hide in a country that was all but built for his personal protection. Or he could slip through Iraq's porous borders with Syria, Iran or Jordan. Sad-dam...