The focus of the war in the Persian Gulf is turning toward when the land battle will begin.

And even though speculation is present in everything, the world will have to wait.

But waiting hasn’t proven too badly thus far. That’s why the United States shouldn’t be in any big hurry to storm the sands.

Whether or not troops should be there in the first place will always remain a question. However, it is over-shadowed by the questions at hand. This week, the question is when to start the ground war.

Superior technology is proving its worth on the job in the Persian Gulf. But men, not technology, take hills.

So it is the world’s best interest, and the men over their fighting for those interests, to use the available technology to its fullest extent.

That includes using recognizance missions to pinpoint the damage and targets that still need to be destroyed.

Using the technology to pulverize Saddam Hussein’s troops will save American lives. Death is never pretty. Civilians always die in wars. Nobody is saying it is right. It’s only a fact.

Hussein continues to call for the mother of wars. He still refuses to leave Kuwait.

Those facts are enough to push the allied forces into cntinued bombing to limit the casualties a ground war will surely bring.