MESSAGE TO SADDAM HUSSEIN: NO LETUP

It was business as usual earlier this month when U.S. and British bombers struck targets in Iraq. President Bush was in Mexico on his first foreign trip. There was no televised warning to Saddam Hussein. There was no press conference.

Nor was their a need for much hoopla. Iraq has consistently broken the treaty that ended the Gulf War of 1991. And now we know that Saddam Hussein, with aid from China, has been building a radar system capable of putting U.S. military pilots and their allies in danger over the no-fly zones in Iraq.

Saddam Hussein can view the bombing as a message that the United States is still resolved to keep the oil-rich nation in check. It is clear President Bush has no intention of giving in.