America fights two wars:
Does its have enough resources?

With a war against Iraq and the broader war against terror, America is essentially fighting on two fronts.

But one big question is, whether the US has enough resources for both, and whether a conventional war in the Middle East increases America's vulnerability to future terror attacks.

Political Scientist from NUS, Professor Bilveer Singh said, "The US is the world superpower. Once it mobilises its resources there is nothing that can stop it. It is a juggernaut. It's an unstoppable juggernaut and Saddam cannot stop it."

Unstoppable it may be but other analysts are worried that the broader war on terror could be influenced adversely by a war on Iraq.

They point to the recently postponed joint US-Philippines anti-terrorist exercises.

The official reason provided by Manila was the lack of immediate funding for the exercise.

Dr Kumar Ramakrishna from the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, NTU commented, "But some analysts are concerned that this is a cover. The real reason is Americans are concerned that troops particular special forces stationed in southern Philippines might be bogged down in operations against the Abu Sayyaf. Washington prefers to deploy these special forces in the Middle East in the event of any hostilities against Iraq. In the final analysis, despite its great power, despite what the French call the "hyper power status" of the US, its resources are still limited, there is still a finite limit to what America can do at the same time."