Military Bids to Postpone Iraq Invasion (washingtonpost.com)

I'm not particularly surprised. The military doesn't really like to fight; I think they're much more aware than the civilian leadership that in a war, people are going to be killed.

Joint Chiefs of Staff... have repeatedly emphasized the lengthy buildup that would be required, concerns about Hussein's possible use of biological and chemical weapons and the possible casualties, officials said.

What the civilian leadership seems more aware of, however, is that we are going to have to fight Saddam sometime. And that those biological and chemical weapons aren't going to go away, and eventually (if we do nothing) will be joined by nuclear weapons. The military is pushing the use of covert ops to cause a regime change. In my opinion, this is a waste of time. Ignoring that we've been trying that off and on for a decade, do you really think Saddam's successor will disassemble his chemical and biological weaponry, or end the nuclear program? Or that he's going to be some sweetness-and-light type who will never be involved in an attack on the US or its interests?